{"product_id":"playing-with-wildfire-paperback","title":"Playing with Wildfire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Pritchett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An immersive story of a changing landscape, innovatively told.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--KIRKUS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a wildfire bears down on a mountain community, \u003cbr\u003eresidents are forced to gather for safety--resulting in a tangle of love and\u003cbr\u003elust that pulls people from their isolation, friendships that form across\u003cbr\u003epolitical divides, and a new hope for rethinking the ways humans inhabit the\u003cbr\u003eburning planet. \u003ci\u003ePlaying with Wildfire\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary landscape\u003cbr\u003ethat is an experiment in form: an astrology report; a grant\u003cbr\u003eapplication-turned-love-story; a phone call from Mother Earth; an obituary for\u003cbr\u003ea wildfire; a burned mountain's conversation with a lone woman and an injured\u003cbr\u003ebear. Every story captures how fire affects the human psyche and\u003cbr\u003elife, and how destruction can lead to renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Pritchett\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five novels, two nonfiction books, and editor of three environmental anthologies, and her work has been the recipient of the PEN USA Award, the Milkweed National Fiction Prize, the WILLA, the High Plains Book Award, several Colorado Book Awards, and others. Her best-known novel, \u003ci\u003eStars Go Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, has been optioned for TV rights. She's published over 300 essays and short stories in national venues, most recently in \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTerrain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCamas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCreative Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. She directs the MFA in Nature Writing at Western Colorado University and holds a PhD from Purdue University. When not writing or teaching, she can be found sauntering around the West, especially her home state of Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42092825084039,"sku":"9781948814898","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/55b860e6e70882864ffbf6c82398bbb3.webp?v=1732304800","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/playing-with-wildfire-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}