{"product_id":"out-there-in-the-dark-9781957392370","title":"Out There in the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003eKatharine Coldiron sees her life through a film projector. She watches \u003cem\u003eThe Sound of Music\u003c\/em\u003e and observes that time is peculiarly preserved in a narrative film; she watches \u003cem\u003eSingin' in the Rain\u003c\/em\u003e and finds truth and falsehood layered in it like dental veneers; she watches\u003cem\u003e Apocalypse Now\u003c\/em\u003e and thinks about her father, and a certain Pulitzer-winning photograph of an American POW. \u003cem\u003eOut There in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e is a dynamic collection of essays that blends film criticism with memoir and fiction, as well as lists, visual diagrams, and Wikipedia collaging. It plumbs deeply some of our most knotted, abstract concepts: truth, kindness, the West, the female body, war, and-inevitably-Hollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eColdiron, Katharine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Katharine Coldiron is the author of Ceremonials, Junk Film, and Wire Mothers. Her work as a book critic has appeared in the Washington Post, the Guardian, the Times Literary Supplement, and many other places; as an an essayist, in Conjunctions, Ms., Booth, and elsewhere. She and her books have been profiled in three countries on radio and television. Find her at kcoldiron.com.","brand":"Autofocus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51454076944658,"sku":"9781957392370","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b486c8d3-4be4-443a-8fbf-538243a96479.jpg?v=1771415649","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/out-there-in-the-dark-9781957392370","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}