{"product_id":"maps-of-the-imagination-the-writer-as-cartographer-9781595340412","title":"Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer","description":"\u003cb\u003eTurchi posits the idea that maps help people understand where they are in the world in the same way that literature, whether realistic or experimental, attempts to explain human realities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Turchi\u003c\/b\u003e has written and coedited several books on writing fiction, including \u003ci\u003eMaps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer, A Muse and a Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eand Magic, A Kite in the Wind: Fiction Writers on Their Craft, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e(Don't) Stop Me if You've Heard This Before and Other Essays on Writing Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. His stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, Story\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAlaska Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePuerto del Sol\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other journals. He has received numerous accolades, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He is a professor of creative writing at the University of Houston.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Trinity University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618324680978,"sku":"9781595340412","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0db0a300-ebb0-47f4-adcb-3d7a0a0e7ab6.jpg?v=1732531837","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/maps-of-the-imagination-the-writer-as-cartographer-9781595340412","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}