{"product_id":"the-wet-collection-9781571313164","title":"The Wet Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA stunning, intricate collection of forty lyric essays juxtaposing natural history, ancient texts, folk heroes, and found objects.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing such models as Joseph Cornell's box constructions, crazy quilts, and specimen displays, Joni Tevis places fragments in relationship to each other in order to puzzle out lost histories, particularly those of women. Navigating the peril and excitement of an outward journey complicated by an inward longing for home, \u003cem\u003eThe Wet Collection\u003c\/em\u003e follows Tevis through several adventures--one comical and stirring essay details her summer spent working as a cemetery salesman; another tells of her unmistakable horror at having to dress up like a beaver when working as a park ranger. Still others read like meditations in the style of Anne Carson, or a young Annie Dillard, and all of them are cast in the light of Tevis's Southern upbringing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with a poet's lyricism, a scientist's precision, and a theologian's understanding of the world as it shifts around us, \u003cem\u003eThe Wet Collection\u003c\/em\u003e is an exciting and distinctive collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoni Tevis\u003c\/b\u003e is originally from Easley, South Carolina. Formerly an Edelstein-Keller Fellow at the University of Minnesota, she received her PhD from the University of Houston. She currently teaches literature and creative writing at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. Her essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eOrion, Oxford American, Diagram\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Wet Collection \u003c\/i\u003e (Milkweed Editions 2007), was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473870557458,"sku":"9781571313164","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fa816029-1c41-4a6a-9856-0f67c5d0f32a.jpg?v=1730205073","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wet-collection-9781571313164","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}