{"product_id":"the-machine-we-trust-stories-9781960329202","title":"The Machine We Trust: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner, Short Story\/Anthology, \u003cem\u003eMidwest Book Awards\u003c\/em\u003e (2025)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA boy attends summer camp where campers are tasked with managing their own flocks of sheep; a set of brothers kidnap their father's prized pet buffalo; a young man travels the country with his mother, a peripatetic professor who has pioneered a radical service-learning curriculum; an unemployed man attempts to teach himself to beat a polygraph test. In \u003cem\u003eThe Machine We Trust\u003c\/em\u003e, Tim Conrad's narrators and characters come of age in a surreal American landscape-sometimes late, sometimes unsuccessfully. With exacting prose that searches and clutches, Conrad exposes the cracks where hearts are broken, and redemption is just one chance away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Conrad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornerstone Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781960329202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConrad, Tim:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tim Conrad holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and a PhD from Western Michigan University. His work has been published in journals such as Story, Willow Springs, Hayden's Ferry Review, and Quarterly West. He teaches creative writing at Michigan State University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43774240358515,"sku":"9.78196E+12","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_cb6826a8-ba16-43d8-b78c-43d30c16954d.jpg?v=1757421134","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-machine-we-trust-stories-9781960329202","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}