{"product_id":"the-book-9798891060043","title":"The Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eFollowing the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eDunce\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes Mary Ruefle's latest prose publication \u003ci\u003eThe Book, \u003c\/i\u003enow in softcover.\u003c\/b\u003eTrue to its bold title, \u003ci\u003eThe Book\u003c\/i\u003e affirms Mary Ruefle's legacy as (dubbed by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) \"the patron saint of childhood and the everyday.\" With the same curiosity found in \u003ci\u003eMadness, Rack, and Honey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Private Property\u003c\/i\u003e, Ruefle's prose here feels both omniscient and especially intimate. \"It seems I believe in a bygone world though I no longer live there,\" she writes. \"Will I continue to read about all that is dusty?\" In the spirit of friendship, Ruefle generously invites us to query ourselves as readers and thinkers in a world that will eventually endure without us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15963032\"\u003eMary Ruefle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wave Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.75w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798891060043\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-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO010000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT014000\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE024000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Ruefle\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eDunce\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2019), which was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize, longlisted for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics' Circle Award, as well as a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eMy Private Property\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2016), \u003ci\u003eTrances of the Blast\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2013), \u003ci\u003eMadness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2012), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, and \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2010), winner of the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. She has also published a comic book, \u003ci\u003eGo Home and Go to Bed!\u003c\/i\u003e (Pilot Books\/Orange Table Comics, 2007), and is an erasure artist, whose treatments of nineteenth century texts have been exhibited in museums and galleries and published in \u003ci\u003eA Little White Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2006). Ruefle is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Robert Creeley Award, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and a Whiting Award. She lives in Bennington, Vermont, where she serves as the state's poet laureate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48112877043949,"sku":"9798891060043","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_9eb24bb7-782b-4749-8e27-864fe5ced2ce.jpg?v=1752076416","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-book-9798891060043","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}