{"product_id":"rituals-to-observe-stories-about-holidays-from-the-flannery-oconnor-award-for-short-fiction-paperback","title":"Rituals to Observe: Stories about Holidays from the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEthan Laughman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGail Galloway Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eDavid Crouse\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories amount to something more than a celebration of the holidays dotting our calendars from month to month. Even though holidays can occasion a return to the familiar, these stories challenge traditional associations. Each story serves to complicate how we observe the human observation of holidays and offers a nuanced understanding of related themes such as family and motherhood, travel, grief and mourning processes, and memory. More generally, holidays are days of observance, and that aspect alone offers a lot to unpack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eETHAN LAUGHMAN is a recruitment, marketing, and communications specialist at the University of Georgia's College of Environment and Design. Among the few who have read every Flannery O'Connor Award-winning volume, he has collaborated closely with the series' authors in compiling these new anthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45612715606060,"sku":"9780820356594","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/rituals-to-observe-stories-about-holidays-from-the-flannery-oconnor-award-for-short-fiction-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}