{"product_id":"the-church-of-divine-electricity-9780299354343","title":"The Church of Divine Electricity","description":"Delightfully blending literary fiction with speculative genres, the stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Church of Divine Electricity\u003c\/i\u003e somehow manage to feel as though they could take place today. In Emily Mitchell's created worlds, as in our own, technology bewitches, especially with its ability to heighten both connections and isolation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Whether being held by a giant and comforting machine, allowing micro-drones to record one's every moment for a year to win prize money, or choosing self-mutilation in exchange for a bionic hand, these characters navigate technological and social change. The familiar can turn unrecognizable and disorienting--sometimes in a flash, sometimes gradually. Lyrical, haunting, and often funny, these stories ask us to consider what--and who--gets left out of a seemingly utopian future of technological advancements. Finely observed, thoughtful, and vivid, Mitchell's stories get under your skin. It's not that the best-laid plans could lead us astray--it's that they may already have.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily Mitchell, associate professor of English at the University of Maryland, is the author of a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eViral\u003c\/i\u003e, and a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Summer of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere; her nonfiction has been published in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e. She serves as fiction editor for the \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Emily Mitchell's website: https: \/\/www.emilymitchellwriter.com\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690749821202,"sku":"9780299354343","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f0e07d5-3d1b-499a-976b-b5cd299913a5.jpg?v=1761746450","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-church-of-divine-electricity-9780299354343","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}