{"product_id":"the-tao-of-humiliation-9781938160325","title":"The Tao of Humiliation","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2014\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest New Fiction of May 2014, \u003ci\u003eTypographical Era\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlternately chilling, funny, devastating, and hopeful, these 17 stories introduce us to a theater critic who winds up in a hot tub with the actress he routinely savages in reviews; a biographer who struggles to discover why a novelist stopped writing; a student who contends with her predatory professor; and the startling scenario of the last satyr meeting his last woman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWriter-in-residence and a professor of English at Lafayette College, \u003cb\u003eLee Upton\u003c\/b\u003e is author of twelve books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938160325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2014 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/31\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/27\/2014 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2014 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2014 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lee Upton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41334486958261,"sku":"9781938160325","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_54bfabde-6e8e-45b6-a868-a3395a5e40ab.jpg?v=1636432970","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-tao-of-humiliation-9781938160325","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}