{"product_id":"the-painted-forest-9781949199192","title":"The Painted Forest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCouncil for Wisconsin Writers, Norbert Blei\/August Derleth Nonfiction Book Award winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this often-surprising book of essays, Krista Eastman explores the myths we make about who we are and where we're from. \u003ci\u003eThe Painted Forest\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers strange and little-known \"home places\"--not only the picturesque hills and valleys of the author's childhood in rural Wisconsin, but also tourist towns, the \"under-imagined and overly caricatured\" Midwest, and a far-flung station in Antarctica where the filmmaker Werner Herzog makes an unexpected appearance.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Painted Forest\u003c\/i\u003e upends easy narratives of place, embracing tentativeness and erasing boundaries. But it is Eastman's willingness to play--to follow her curiosity down every odd path, to exude a skeptical wonder--that gives this book depth and distinction. An unlikely array of people, places, and texts meet for close conversation, and tension is diffused with art, imagination, and a strong sense of there being some other way forward. Eastman offers a smart and contemporary take on how we wander and how we belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e West Virginia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949199192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Krista Eastman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925191626933,"sku":"9781949199192","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bf7f30f1-d87b-4e93-8f51-fd5df4188737.jpg?v=1687847543","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-painted-forest-9781949199192","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}