{"product_id":"churn-an-illustrated-novel-in-stories-paperback","title":"Churn: An Illustrated Novel-In-Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChloe Chun Seim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChloe Chun Seim\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of The 2022 George Garrett Fiction Prize, selected by Vi Khi Nao\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Siblings Jordan and Chung face a costly existence on their family's Kansas farm. On a conciliatory trip once again turned violent, Jordan and Chung escape the chaos of their parents' fighting to the middle of a lake. When something pulls them under, a voice speaks to them. In their long trudge back to the living, they find their chemistries altered. Jordan breathes smoke when angry. Chung flops like a fish out of water when provoked. In the years following, they navigate their parents' separation, their father's alcoholism and mother's growing paranoia. In adulthood, Jordan and Chung grieve, love, and come into their own. From the plains of rural Kansas to hundred-acre towns, the end of the universe to its primordial breath, \u003ci\u003eChurn\u003c\/i\u003e mines the uncanny to tell a story of rural Kansas like you've never seen before.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHLOE CHUN SEIM's writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eLitMag\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePotomac Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcNeese Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSplit Lip Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTimothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She won the 2021 Anton Chekov Award for Flash Fiction. She earned her BFA in Art History from the University of Kansas and her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Chloe lives in Lawrence, KS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 185\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 9 x 6.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42154824040583,"sku":"9781680033496","price":24.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9983d5275e6127f0a090d1addf52d094.webp?v=1733231203","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/churn-an-illustrated-novel-in-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}