{"product_id":"my-private-property-paperback","title":"My Private Property - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ruefle can seem like a supernally well-read person who has grown bored with what smartness looks like, and has grown attracted to the other side. . . . She is not writing with a prescription, or at least not one for this earth. Nor is she celebrating the commonplace. She is concentrating on one thing at a time.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The property that Ruefle deems private is the impalpable nature of the inner life we all share; it is at once ours and everyone's. . . . Ruefle has shown a talent for elevating her acute observations and narrative inclination well above mere anecdote to create quietly disquieting moments--a literature of barbed ambiguity and unresolved disruption.\" --\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of \u003ci\u003eMadness, Rack, and Honey \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTrances of the Blast\u003c\/i\u003e, Mary Ruefle continues to be one of the most dazzling poets in America. \u003ci\u003eMy Private Property\u003c\/i\u003e, comprised of short prose pieces, is a brilliant and charming display of her humor, deep imagination, mindfulness, and play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Ruefle\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eTrances of the Blast; Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism; and \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the William Carlos Williams Award. Ruefle is the recipient of numerous honors, including an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and a Whiting Award. She lives in Bennington, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376693477599,"sku":"9781940696515","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/WUjfG4ZGQ39781940696515.webp?v=1789221710","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/my-private-property-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}