{"product_id":"the-painted-forest-9781949199192","title":"The Painted Forest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCouncil for Wisconsin Writers, Norbert Blei\/August Derleth Nonfiction Book Award winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this often-surprising book of essays, Krista Eastman explores the myths we make about who we are and where we're from. \u003ci\u003eThe Painted Forest\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers strange and little-known \"home places\"--not only the picturesque hills and valleys of the author's childhood in rural Wisconsin, but also tourist towns, the \"under-imagined and overly caricatured\" Midwest, and a far-flung station in Antarctica where the filmmaker Werner Herzog makes an unexpected appearance.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Painted Forest\u003c\/i\u003e upends easy narratives of place, embracing tentativeness and erasing boundaries. But it is Eastman's willingness to play--to follow her curiosity down every odd path, to exude a skeptical wonder--that gives this book depth and distinction. An unlikely array of people, places, and texts meet for close conversation, and tension is diffused with art, imagination, and a strong sense of there being some other way forward. Eastman offers a smart and contemporary take on how we wander and how we belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKrista Eastman's writing has earned recognition from \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e and appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Georgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eKROnline\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eNew Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50857376940306,"sku":"9781949199192","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0cb46d86-cf68-4479-b489-90edd6ba3429.jpg?v=1737529322","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-painted-forest-9781949199192","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}