{"title":"Elizabeth Crane","description":"ELIZABETH CRANE is the author of the memoir This Story Will Change and six works of fiction, including the story collection Turf and the novel The History of Great Things. Her stories have been translated into several languages and have appeared in numerous publications, including Catapult, Electric Literature, and Literary Hub. Her work is performed regularly as part of NPR's Selected Shorts and has been adapted for film and stage, most notably with Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre. She teaches in the low-residency MFA program at the University of California, Riverside-Palm Desert.","products":[{"product_id":"that-may-not-mean-what-you-think-stories-paperback","title":"That May Not Mean What You Think: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA visionary and profound new collection from innovative author Elizabeth Crane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout her body of work, Elizabeth Crane's literary vision has always been singular and innovative, twisting form and bending reality into new universes. Her latest collection, \u003ci\u003eThat May Not Mean What You Think\u003c\/i\u003e, explores themes of aging and youth, gender and discrimination, and sex and love. In \"Training Module,\" Crane takes the structure and protocol of workplace harassment prevention training and turns it on its head; \"The Box\" tells the story of a woman trying to recover from divorce with the help of a literal unicorn; and \"The Youngs\" follows a group of teenagers experiencing loss for the first time, clinging to the belief that they'll live forever. Across these delightfully weird and disarmingly truthful stories, American culture is refracted through humor and heart, asking readers to consider their complicity and to imagine new possibilities of participating in a better future.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101896970463,"sku":"9798899480195","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/DF2jkeV6h99798899480195.webp?v=1781075847"},{"product_id":"when-the-messenger-is-hot-stories-paperback","title":"When the Messenger Is Hot: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beloved, smart, and bold story collection surges back to life in a new print edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as \"revolutionary fiction,\" \u003ci\u003eWhen the Messenger Is Hot\u003c\/i\u003e gleefully upends the short-story form, rendering the absurdities and possibilities of modern urban life with disarming humor and keen perception as Crane weaves through grief and womanhood. The women in Elizabeth Crane's world are fierce and kind, damaged and optimistic. They are jilted lovers, absent daughters, twelve-steppers, and smart-asses, recovering from loss, addiction, or betrayal. From a woman who decides to live on the rooftop of her friend's apartment (why not?), to a writer whose identity is compromised by the actress who portrays her, to a daughter who believes her deceased mother is still alive and living at the bus depot, these characters experience love and loss in a way that is both profoundly universal and uniquely theirs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101902901471,"sku":"9798899480171","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/xHGdS5hbe49798899480171.webp?v=1781075857"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/elizabeth-crane.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}