{"product_id":"so-many-olympic-exertions-9781885030351","title":"So Many Olympic Exertions","description":"Blending elements of memoir and sports writing, Anelise Chen's debut novel is an experimental work that perhaps most resembles what the ancient Greeks called hyponemata, or \"notes to the self,\" in the form of observations, reminders and self-exhortations. Taken together, these notes constitute a personal handbook on \"how to live\"--or perhaps more urgently \"why to live,\" a question the narrator, graduate student Athena Chen, desperately needs answering. When Chen hears news that her brilliant friend from college has committed suicide, she is thrown into a fugue of fear and doubt. Through anecdotes and close readings of moments in the sometimes harrowing world of sports, the novel questions the validity of our current narratives of success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnelise Chen\u003c\/b\u003e earned her BA in English from UC Berkeley and her MFA in Fiction from NYU. Her fiction, essays and interviews have appeared in The\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGawker\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR and elsewhere. She currently teaches writing at Columbia University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10669568\"\u003eAnelise Chen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kaya Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781885030351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1885030355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kaya Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687571427565,"sku":"9781885030351","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_f839768c-7f20-4fec-8f49-a4733cad86f7.jpg?v=1649782277","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/so-many-olympic-exertions-9781885030351","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}