{"product_id":"sleight-9781566892759","title":"Sleight","description":"\u003cp\u003eSisters Lark and Clef have spent their lives honing their bodies for sleight, an interdisciplinary art form that combines elements of dance, architecture, acrobatics, and spoken word. After being estranged for several years, the sisters are reunited by a deceptive and ambitious sleight troupe director named West who needs the sisters' opposing approaches to the form--Lark is tormented and fragile, but a prodigy; Clef is driven to excel, but lacks the spark of artistic genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a disturbing mass murder makes national headlines, West seizes on the event as inspiration for his new performance, one that threatens to destroy the very artists performing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn language that is at once unsettling and hypnotic, \u003ci\u003eSleight\u003c\/i\u003e explores ideas of performance, gender, and family to ask the question: what is the role of art in the face of unthinkable tragedy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirsten Kaschock\u003c\/b\u003e has earned degrees from Yale University, the University of Iowa, Syracuse University, and the University of Georgia. The author of two collections of poetry, \u003ci\u003eUnfathoms\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Name for a Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, she resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she is currently a doctoral fellow in dance at Temple University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566892759\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2011 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kirsten Kaschock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42389471920309,"sku":"9781566892759","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_596918aa-e096-4af8-a771-2c18984c41bf.jpg?v=1663681159","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sleight-9781566892759","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}