{"product_id":"thank-your-lucky-stars-short-stories-paperback","title":"Thank Your Lucky Stars: Short Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSherrie Flick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull of wit and humor, Sherrie Flick's second collection introduces readers to big worlds and major characters in short, sometimes very short, stories.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a woman buying corn who gets more than what she bargained for to a cowboy down on his luck, these complex stories serve up love and loss, longing and heartbreak, and cruelty and tenderness in poetic images and the most satisfying of moments.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSherrie Flick \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the short story collections, \u003ci\u003eI Have Not Considered Consequences\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThank Your Lucky Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhiskey, Etc.\u003c\/i\u003e (all published by Autumn House Press), the novel\u003ci\u003e Reconsidering Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Nebraska Press), and the essay collection \u003ci\u003eHoming: Instincts of a Rustbelt Feminist\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Nebraska Press). \u003ci\u003eWhiskey, Etc.\u003c\/i\u003e was the winner of the Foreword INDIES bronze prize and named one of Entropy's Best Fiction Books of 2016. A story from \u003ci\u003eThank Your Lucky Stars \u003c\/i\u003ewas performed at Symphony Space and aired on NPR's Selected Shorts. She served as coeditor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eFlash Fiction America \u003c\/i\u003e(W. W. Norton) with James Thomas and John Dufresne and was series editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Best Small Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e 2018 with guest editor Aimee Bender. She is the recipient of a 2023 Creative Development Award from The Heinz Endowments and a Writing Pittsburgh fellowship from The Creative Nonfiction Foundation. She lives in Pittsburgh where she is a senior lecturer at Chatham University and a member of Shiftworks' Creative Corps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45602749906988,"sku":"9781938769351","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/thank-your-lucky-stars-short-stories-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}