{"product_id":"sound-museum-9781566896993","title":"Sound Museum","description":"\u003cb\u003eA combination of fiction and documentation, \u003ci\u003eSound Museum \u003c\/i\u003efearlessly interrogates state-sanctioned violence and the psychology--and banality--of evil.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Iran, a curator has gathered foreign journalists for a VIP tour of her latest creation. As the guests sit to listen to her initial remarks, she shares the struggles she's faced in bringing together this exhibition--especially the gender inequity she's battled for her entire career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the Sound Museum is no ordinary institution. It is a museum of torture, wrought from the audio recordings pulled from interrogation rooms and prison cells. And the curator--her unbroken monologue drifting through fieldwork examples, case studies, archives, philosophy, and dreams--is only too happy to share her part in this globe-spanning industry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith sensuous and lyrical prose, \u003ci\u003eSound Museum\u003c\/i\u003e bears witness while calling into question the act of witnessing, underlining complicities in systems of power and drawing the reader into the uncomfortable position of confronting one woman's psyche: evil, yet completely blind to her own depravity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12530711\"\u003ePoupeh Missaghi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566896993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1566896991\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- \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-FIC015000\"\u003eHorror | General\u003c\/a\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-FIC037000\"\u003ePolitical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003epoupeh missaghi is a writer, editor, translator (between English and Persian) and educator. Her books include \u003ci\u003eSound Museum\u003c\/i\u003e trans(re)lating house one (2020), both with Coffee House Press. Her translations include \u003ci\u003eBoys of Love\u003c\/i\u003e by Ghazi Rabihavi (University of Wisconsin Press, 2024), \u003ci\u003eIn the Streets of Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e by Nila (Bonnier Books, 2023), and \u003ci\u003eI'll be Strong for You\u003c\/i\u003e by Nasim Marashi (Astra House, 2021). She is currently an assistant professor of English and Literary Arts at the University of Denver, and a faculty mentor at the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455026868461,"sku":"9781566896993","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_4bba6743-0709-4313-811c-f915ce66d499.jpg?v=1753512761","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/sound-museum-9781566896993","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}