{"product_id":"danger-beauty-9780872863873","title":"Danger \u0026 Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003eHagedorn muses about love and sex, and probes with wry humor and sharp social satire the heart-and hearbreaks-of the immigrant experience. Here in one volume are this exciting writer's first two books, \u003ci\u003eDangerous Music\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePet Food \u0026amp; Tropical Apparitions\u003c\/i\u003e, along with a generous selection of her work that reveals a powerful and writty continuation of her journey as a singer and searcher, woman and questioner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica Hagedorn is one of the best of a new generation of writers who are making American language new and who in the process are creating a new American Literature. --Russell Banks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Hagedorn] sees her native land from both near and far, with ambivalent love, the only kind of love worth writing about. --John Updike\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMs. Hagedorn is deliciously wicked . . . --Caryn James, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica Hagedorn is a performance artist, poet, playwright, and formerly a commentator on NPR. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eDogeaters\u003c\/i\u003e, won an American Book Award. Other books include the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eCharlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Gangster of Love\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872863873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.60w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/27\/2002\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jessica Hagedorn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42077436182709,"sku":"9780872863873","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_caa18469-da1a-4db3-9c6d-6cdee69be56f.jpg?v=1650955574","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/danger-beauty-9780872863873","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}