{"product_id":"halflife-9780393333176","title":"Halflife","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe insomniac speakers in \u003cem\u003eHalflife\u003c\/em\u003e are coming of age in a mythical world full of threat and promise. Seeking their true selves amid the fallen cathedrals of America, they speak wryly of destructive love affairs, aesthetic obsession, and encroaching war, but refuse to abandon hope in the power of imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meghan O'Rourke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393333176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO'Rourke, Meghan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMeghan O'Rourke\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the collections \u003cem\u003eSun in Days\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHalflife\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOnce\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as a memoir, \u003cem\u003eThe Long Goodbye\u003c\/em\u003e. A former editor at \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, she has served as culture editor and literary critic for \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e, poetry editor for the \u003cem\u003eParis Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and is currently the editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/em\u003e. Her poems and essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Radcliffe Fellowship, and other awards, she lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40865341866099,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ea462b39-28a5-4dcc-93a8-5f1ca05e5567.jpg?v=1687872524","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/halflife-9780393333176","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}