{"product_id":"storyknife-jess-row-paperback","title":"Storyknife -- Jess Row, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Paperback Original\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sharply constructed, death-defying story collection that dismantles the myths of white America, revealing race, class, and gender as fictions that can be taken apart and remade\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his first story collection in fifteen years, Jess Row evokes white America--specifically liberal, educated white Northeasterners--awkwardly and hilariously poised on the precipice of cultural and global collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Empties,\" a woman questions whether the writing skills she acquired at liberal arts college can be useful in the face of apocalypse. In \"Summer Song,\" a chorus of bourgeois voices sings out its privileged discontent. \"Reading Group Guide\" satirizes book-club chatter with questions that veer from the absurd to the obscene. Each story turns a lens on its own machinery, exposing the quiet politics encoded in literary convention. Using surgical precision, biting irony, and formal experimentation, Row pierces through the stories white America tells itself--and the narrative structures that make them seem natural, inevitable, and true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStoryknife\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny, troubling, indelible look at a culture whose rituals and expectations are dissolving into thin air. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jess Row\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.93\" H x 5.36\" L x 0.6\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780062400673\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67492015309104,"sku":"9780062400673","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780062400673.jpg?v=1786446378","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/storyknife-jess-row-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}