{"product_id":"2-12-am-essays-9781622880393","title":"2: 12 A.M.: Essays","description":"\u003ci\u003e2:12 a.m\u003c\/i\u003e. is an insomniac's tour of counterproductive bedtime stories, Vegas weddings, Southern funerals, Nevada's nuclear testing grounds, Patty Hearst, Marina Oswald, sleepwalking murderers, Louise Bourgeois's \u003ci\u003eInsomnia Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e and more, revealing what wakeful nights conjure for a North Carolinian turned Californian, a farm child turned suburbanite, a 1960s romantic turned fatalist and a once-but-no-longer \"gifted\" sleeper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection, comprised of \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e notables, Pushcart Prize nominees and the winner of \u003ci\u003eDrunken Boat\u003c\/i\u003e's Editors' Choice nonfiction award, mixes the strictly autobiographical with voice-driven reportage and includes essays that are factual, meditative, investigatory and lyrical to take full advantage of the versatility of the form. \u003ci\u003e2:12 a.m\u003c\/i\u003e. is a book for all who revisit the past and brood on the future--a book about the dislocations of contemporary life, the hauntings of memory, and the perennial search, late night or otherwise, for meaning in existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kat Meads\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen F. Austin University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781622880393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards - Silver Medal Winner","brand":"Stephen F. Austin University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45521190649993,"sku":"9781622880393","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_c41521cd-9a37-4b20-a942-7771eac7461b.jpg?v=1776226333","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/2-12-am-essays-9781622880393","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}