{"product_id":"first-person-singular-vol-2-85-very-short-stories-of-wit-wisdom-9781988058641","title":"First Person Singular Vol. 2: 85 Very Short Stories of Wit \u0026 Wisdom","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoss Ulysses Munroe is an award-winning creative talent, having served as Executive Editor and writer of a number of periodicals with his wife Virginia, a children's book, various screenplays and short stories and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also produces and directs story-driven jazz videos and has received special recognition at the acclaimed NXNE Film Festival. Ross is known for his humour and incisive perspective on the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoss' latest work is showcased in Volume 2 of his series, \u003cem\u003eFirst Person Singular\u003c\/em\u003e - a collection of short stories, essays and insights certain to provoke and entertain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the sordid to the sublime, Ross' writing is primarily drawn from his personal experience, in a delightful and unconventional mix of irony and pathos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Author: \"When I was 18, I went to my friend Jocko's Century cottage on an island in the Kawartha Lakes for a weekend getaway with buddies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe majesty of Nature abounded, and I had an epiphany sitting on the dock with the lake all around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wind had riffled the water with a thousand dancing maidens, glistening in the waning sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking closer, a scene began to develop in every wavelet, each individually telling its own story and together, forming a grand tapestry of a unified whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuch is the manner in which my life has played out since. And this experience has set the tone for the pages that follow, both the sublime and the mundane.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manor House Publishing Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781988058641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Ross U. Munroe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39992024858805,"sku":"9781988058641","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ee82dbed-8c08-412e-9ba7-c7044f84fe1c.jpg?v=1620706661","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/first-person-singular-vol-2-85-very-short-stories-of-wit-wisdom-9781988058641","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}