{"product_id":"thanks-for-this-riot-stories-9781496240330","title":"Thanks for This Riot: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Raz\/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction \u003cbr\u003e Longlisted for the 2025 PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThanks for This Riot\u003c\/i\u003e explores the limits of kindness, the weight of being needed, and the fear of being misunderstood. A group counselor is taunted by a truth-divining piano bench, a voice actor shouts her abortion at the state capitol, a tired caregiver tangles with a pair of stand-up comics, a small-town newspaper office shelters an otherworldly tattletale, a backwoods acupuncturist leans on her least-exciting offspring, a girl in a strapless bra takes a vengeful go-kart ride, and a woman gets surgery to lower her expectations (she thinks it went \"okay\"). Grouped by types of riot--external riots, internal riots, and laugh riots--\u003ci\u003eThanks for This Riot\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant and mordantly funny collection with a distinctly feminist viewpoint. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16629375\"\u003eJanelle Bassett\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496240330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496240332\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-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\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-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-FIC076000\"\u003eFeminist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanelle Bassett\u003c\/b\u003e's writing appears or is forthcoming in the \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmokelong Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eOffing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Square Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWigleaf\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest Microfiction 2023\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Saint Louis and is a fiction editor at \u003ci\u003eSplit Lip Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48456306196717,"sku":"9781496240330","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_26e93e85-f1c9-4e7e-8f7b-350c8b4e6446.jpg?v=1753552671","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/thanks-for-this-riot-stories-9781496240330","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}