{"product_id":"mina-loy-apology-of-genius-9781789145540","title":"Mina Loy: Apology of Genius","description":"\u003cb\u003eFeaturing many rare images, an enlightening exploration of the life and work of avant-garde multihyphenate Mina Loy. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mina Loy was born in London in 1882, became American, and lived variously in New York, Europe, and finally, Aspen until she died in 1966. Flamboyant and unapologetically avant-garde, she was a poet, painter, novelist, essayist, manifesto-writer, actress, and dress and lampshade designer. Her life involved an impossible abundance of artistic friends, performance, and spectacular adventures in the worlds of Futurism, Christian Science, feminism, fashion, and everything modern and modernist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This new account by Mary Ann Caws explores Mina Loy's exceptional life and features many rare images of Mina Loy and her husband, the Swiss writer, poet, artist, boxer, and \u003ci\u003eprovocateur \u003c\/i\u003eArthur Cravan--who disappeared without a trace in 1918.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Ann Caws\u003c\/b\u003e is distinguished professor emerita of comparative literature, English, and French in the Graduate School of the City University of New York. She is the author of many books including \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Art Cookbook \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCreative Gatherings: Meeting Places of Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e, both also published by Reaktion Books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50386982600978,"sku":"9781789145540","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_71456631-23b8-4a07-8d6e-9fea53293287.jpg?v=1728865026","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mina-loy-apology-of-genius-9781789145540","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}