{"product_id":"twenty-square-feet-of-skin-9780814258682","title":"Twenty Square Feet of Skin","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A pensive inquiry, often breathtakingly beautiful and relatable, into how and where and with whom we fit.\" -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The essays in \u003ci\u003eTwenty Square Feet of Skin \u003c\/i\u003etell their stories through the body-encased as it is in \"that greatest of organs, that membrane that protects the individual from the universe\"-as Megan Baxter's entrée to and home within the larger world that surrounds her. What does a tattoo mean? How can plastic surgery transform? What is the history of pedicures? Where does the mind wander on a long run? Through every example, Baxter writes toward a greater understanding of how self-knowledge is forged through physical experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the input of Prince, Walt Whitman, Don Johnson, Andrew Wyeth, Meriwether Lewis, and others, Baxter reflects on love, identity, and belonging by looking closely at her skin, toenails, and DNA. Playful, wandering, and deeply felt, \u003ci\u003eTwenty Square Feet of Skin \u003c\/i\u003eweaves a strange, rich tapestry of flesh and bones, art and body, skin and scar. In embracing the beauty and peril of physicality in crystalline detail, Baxter asks us all to ponder what makes us human within these frail, flawed, powerful, and wonderful bodies of ours.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMegan Baxter holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BFA in Poetry from Goddard College. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Coolest Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFarm Girl: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ohio State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50454664085778,"sku":"9780814258682","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_55c73d31-b924-4eb2-b9a5-3bc0b649afbd.jpg?v=1729869773","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/twenty-square-feet-of-skin-9780814258682","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}