{"product_id":"the-palace-of-illusions-stories-9781593766252","title":"The Palace of Illusions: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this collection, gifted poet and novelist Kim Addonizio uses her literary powers to bring to life a variety of settings, all connected through the suggestion that things in the known world are not what they seem.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Beautiful Lady of the Snow,\" young Annabelle turns to a host of family pets to combat the alienation she feels caught between her distracted mother and ailing grandfather; in \"Night Owls,\" a young college student's crush on her acting partner is complicated by the bloodlust of being half-vampire; in \"Cancer Poems,\" a dying woman turns to a poetry workshop to make sense of her terminal diagnosis and final days; in \"Intuition,\" a young girl's sexual forays bring her closer to her best friend's father; and in the collection's title story, a photographer looks back to his youth spent as a young illusionist under the big tent and his obsessive affair with the carnival owner's wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistracted parents, first love, the twin forces of alienation and isolation: the characters in \u003ci\u003eThe Palace of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e all must contend with these challenges, trafficking in the fault lines between the real and the imaginary, often in a world not of their making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stories in this collection have appeared in journals ranging from \u003ci\u003eNarrative Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Fairy Tale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and include the much loved \"Ever After,\" which was featured on NPR's \"Selected Shorts.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim Addonizio\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a previous story collection, \u003ci\u003eIn the Box Called Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e; two novels \u003ci\u003eLittle Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Dreams Out in the Street\u003c\/i\u003e; five poetry collections; and two books on writing poetry. She recently collaborated with woodcut artist Charles D. Jones on My Black Angel: Blues Poems and Portraits. She has received numerous honors for her writing, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and two NEA Fellowships, and was a National Book Award Finalist in 2000. She lives in Oakland, CA and New York City and teaches private writing workshops in person and online. She plays harmonica with the word\/music group Nonstop Beautiful Ladies and volunteers for The Hunger Project, a global organization empowering the poorest people in the world to end their own hunger and poverty. Visit her at kimaddonizio.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50421081735442,"sku":"9781593766252","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4b966922-6b27-4ff0-837b-8bff59247a44.jpg?v=1729501730","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-palace-of-illusions-stories-9781593766252","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}