{"product_id":"the-longest-way-to-eat-a-melon-9781956046410","title":"The Longest Way to Eat a Melon","description":"\u003cb\u003eA cheeky debut of short fictions exploring the pitfalls and minor triumphs of the creative process.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEqual parts melody and malaise, \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Way to Eat a Melon\u003c\/i\u003e charts the activities of a cast of speakers who all grapple in their own ways with what it takes to conjure a self in the midst of discordance. A brain argues with a non-brain about how to remain productive from a place of exhaustion; two supernaturally inclined twins named Han are separated at birth; and an emerging artist paralyzed by possibility considers how best to transform a melon into a breakthrough work of art. Incorporating elements of fable, surrealism, satire, and art and cultural criticism, these stories have a playful peculiarity to them, an interweaving of self-deprecation and curiosity, of woe and hope, of absurdity and humanity. Reader, you will want to savor every bite. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacquelyn Zong-Li Ross\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and editor based in Vancouver, the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱w?7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ nations. Her fiction, poetry, essays, and art criticism have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBOMB, C Mag, The Ex-Puritan, Fence, Mousse, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She holds a BFA in Studio Art from Simon Fraser University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Way to Eat a Melon is her first book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51324793684242,"sku":"9781956046410","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_42910424-cddc-4048-8430-79ef7f58abac.jpg?v=1748701935","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-longest-way-to-eat-a-melon-9781956046410","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}