{"product_id":"pain-studies-9781942658689","title":"Pain Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating, totally seductive read \" --\u003cb\u003eEula Biss\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eNotes from No Man's Land: American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Immunity: An Inoculation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A book built of brain and nerve and blood and heart. . . . Irreverent and astute. . . . \u003ci\u003ePain Studies\u003c\/i\u003e will change how you think about living with a body.\" --\u003cb\u003eElizabeth McCracken\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThunderstruck\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBowlaway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A thrilling investigation into pain, language, and Olstein's own exile from what Woolf called 'the army of the upright.' On a search path through art, science, poetry, and prime-time television, Olstein aims her knife-bright compassion at the very thing we're all running from. \u003ci\u003ePain Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece.\" --\u003cb\u003eLeni Zumas\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Listeners\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this extended lyric essay, a poet mines her lifelong experience with migraine to deliver a marvelously idiosyncratic cultural history of pain--how we experience, express, treat, and mistreat it. Her sources range from the trial of Joan of Arc to the essays of Virginia Woolf and Elaine Scarry to Hugh Laurie's portrayal of Gregory House on \u003ci\u003eHouse M.D.\u003c\/i\u003e As she engages with science, philosophy, visual art, rock lyrics, and field notes from her own medical adventures (both mainstream and alternative), she finds a way to express the often-indescribable experience of living with pain. Eschewing simple epiphanies, Olstein instead gives us a new language to contemplate and empathize with a fundamental aspect of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Olstein\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at the University of Texas at Austin and is the author of four poetry collections published by Copper Canyon Press. \u003ci\u003ePain Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book of creative nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942658689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020 pg. 107\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lisa Olstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671743033500,"sku":"9781942658689","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_995c6ee1-3271-441e-a543-f196c11f7510.jpg?v=1603926147","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pain-studies-9781942658689","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}