| Recent Studies Indicate: The Best of Sarah Bird Contributor(s): Bird, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477318682 ISBN-13: 9781477318683 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2018040434 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5" W x 8.1" (0.75 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Sarah Bird arrived in Austin in 1973 in pursuit of a boyfriend who was "hotter than lava," she found an abundance of inspiration for storytelling (her sweetheart left her for Scientology, but she got to taste a morsel of Lynda Bird Johnson's poorly preserved wedding cake as a temp worker at the LBJ Library). Sarah Bird went on to write ten acclaimed novels and contribute hundreds of articles to publications coast to coast, developing a signature voice that combines laser-sharp insight with irreverent, wickedly funny prose in the tradition of Molly Ivins and Nora Ephron Now collecting forty of Bird's best nonfiction pieces, from publications that range from Texas Monthly to the New York Times and others, Recent Studies Indicate presents some of Bird's earliest work, including a prescient 1976 profile of a transgender woman, along with recent calls to political action, such as her 2017 speech at a benefit for Annie's List. Whether Bird is hanging out with socialites and sanitation workers or paying homage to her army-nurse mom, her collection brings a poignant perspective to the experience of being a woman, a feminist, a mother, and a Texan--and a writer with countless, spectacular true tales to tell us. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bird, Sarah: - Sarah Bird is the author of ten novels, most recently the historical work Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen. In addition to working as a screenwriter, Bird has served as a columnist for Texas Monthly and as an occasional contributor to numerous national publications, including O, The Oprah Magazine; the New York Times Magazine; Salon; the Daily Beast; and Glamour. Her many accolades include induction into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame. |