{"product_id":"songs-for-the-deaf-stories-9781941681657","title":"Songs for the Deaf: stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A joyful, deranged, endlessly surprising book.\" -Karen Russell, author of \u003cem\u003eSwamplandia \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA little desert town gets a sexual charge from a crash-landed alien. A dysfunctional family tries to summit Everest with \"discount Sherpas\" and yakloads of emotional baggage. A teen messiah emerges from a game of 3-on-3. The stories in John Henry Fleming's \u003cem\u003eSongs for the Deaf\u003c\/em\u003e, the first story collection by the \"marvelously inventive\" and \"winningly satiric\" author of \u003cem\u003eThe Legend of the Barefoot Mailman\u003c\/em\u003e, put an intimate and modern spin on the American tall tale. This second edition includes a bonus story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFleming, John Henry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - John Henry Fleming is the author of The Legend of the Barefoot Mailman, a novel, and Fearsome Creatures of Florida, a literary bestiary, and The Book I Will Write, a serial novel-in-emails. His short stories have appeared in journals such as McSweeney's, the North American Review, Mississippi Review, Fourteen Hills, and Carve, and have been anthologized in 100% Pure Florida Fiction and in The Future Dictionary of America. His awards include a Literature Fellowship from the State of Florida. He has a PhD in Creative Writing from The University of Louisiana-Lafayette, and is the founding editor of Saw Palm: florida literature and art.","brand":"Burrow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50369032782098,"sku":"9781941681657","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9a86015c-72ef-49f4-b9c4-23312d2a98ef.jpg?v=1728518916","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/songs-for-the-deaf-stories-9781941681657","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}