{"product_id":"a-strange-loop-paperback-1","title":"A Strange Loop - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael R. Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"To watch this show is to enter, by some urgent, bawdy magic, an ecstatic and infinitely more colorful version of the famous surreal lithograph by M. C. Escher: the hand that lifts from the page, becoming almost real, then draws another hand, which returns the favor. Which came first? \u003cem\u003eA Strange Loop\u003c\/em\u003e is complex, teasing, thrilling.\" --Vinson Cunningham, \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsher is a Black, queer writer, working a day job he hates while writing his original musical: a piece about a Black, queer writer, working a day job he hates while writing his original musical. This blistering musical follows a young artist at war with a host of demons--not least of which are the punishing thoughts in his own head--in an attempt to understand his own strange loop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael R. Jackson\u003c\/strong\u003e holds a BFA and MFA in playwriting and musical theater writing from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. His awards include the Jonathan Larson Grant, a Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award, a Whiting Award, and a Hull-Warriner Award. \u003cem\u003eA Strange Loop \u003c\/em\u003eis Michael's professional debut. It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 19, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (2020)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42162933104775,"sku":"9781559369930","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/df569ae7d1add0d99554ea8489b6355d.webp?v=1733293347","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-strange-loop-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}