{"product_id":"ivy-vs-dogg-with-a-cast-of-thousands-9781936196630","title":"Ivy vs. Dogg: With A Cast Of Thousands!","description":"\u003cp\u003ePopulated by a town full of quirky, yet recognizable citizens, and told through the voice of \"the committee,\" \u003cem\u003eIvy vs Dogg: With a Cast of Thousands\u003c\/em\u003e is a humorous and pointed account of a small town acting out both good and dubious intentions that hurdle the town to the point of breaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeenage Ivy Simmons has a longstanding rivalry with Jimmy, \"Dogg,\" Doggins, high school tennis star, and hometown hero. Ivy lives in the \"Pink Ghetto,\" a low income stucco apartment complex that has haunted her every effort to best Dogg. Their years of sparring comes to a head when the town of Mudlick's annual Jr. Mr. Mayor election is announced and Ivy becomes the first female ever to run. Mudlick's busybody leaders, known as \"the committee,\" do not approve, especially when Ivy reveals an embarassing secret. \"The committee,\" as it has since the town founding, inserts itself into all matters both personal and public, and they feel no compunction about ruining Ivy's candidacy on the grounds of the shame she's likely to bring to Mudlick. Despite a hesitancy on Dogg's part to compete against his childhood rival, the pair engage campaign events that escalate in absurdity. Between a gruesome topiary display set up by the town's most prominent (and reclusive) matriarch and the election, emotions run high, squeezing Ivy and Dogg from all sides and forcing them to make the most adult decision of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeung, Brian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Brian Leung, author of \u003cem\u003eWorld Famous Love Acts, Lost men\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTake me Home\u003c\/em\u003e, is a past recipient of the Lambda Literary outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize. Other honors include the Asian-American Literary Award, Willa Award, and the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. Brian's fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in \u003cem\u003eStory, Ocean State Review, Numero Cinq, Crazyhorse, Grain, Gulf Coast, Kinesis, The Barcelona Review, Mid-American Review, Salt Hill, Gulf Stream, River City, Runes, The Bellingham Review, Hyphen, Velocity, The Connecticut Review, Blithe House Quarterly, Indiana Review, Crab Orchard Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCrowd\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the current Director of Creative Writing at Purdue University.","brand":"C\u0026r Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922276421906,"sku":"9781936196630","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4727034e-1400-49a0-8df7-cb717f996545.jpg?v=1738927690","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ivy-vs-dogg-with-a-cast-of-thousands-9781936196630","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}