{"product_id":"sidewalk-dance-hardcover","title":"Sidewalk Dance - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFletcher Michael\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eGlass Bottle Season\u003c\/i\u003e comes a gritty new coming-of-age novel that examines what happens when one man's desperate journey to become a New York Writer leaves him more \"tortured\" than \"artist.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSidewalk Dance\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of the artist as a deluded self-saboteur. Haunted by his brother's tragic death in the War in Afghanistan and unable to process this trauma, Fisher shuns his elitist pedigree by abruptly quitting Yale Law School, changing his name to Fish, and moving to New York City. Once there, he sets about reinventing himself as a doomed playwright. Unfortunately for Fish, he is more of an idealist than a talent; a dreamer more than a doer. His delusions of grandeur quickly lead him into an abyss of self-doubt, addiction, identity crisis, and isolation.The pregnancy of his would-be muse, Madame Meticulous, the debaucherous tendencies of his alter ego, Partiboy, and the impending destruction of the Hell's Kitchen art gallery where he works combine to complicate Fish's pursuit of literary legacy. His central delusion is that by cloaking himself in the trappings and lifestyle of the tortured artist (hurling his iPhone off the Brooklyn Bridge, smoking hand-rolled cigarettes, growing out his hair, drunkenly clobbering a typewriter late at night), he will somehow become one. As paternity, unemployment, creative sterility, and romantic abandonment loom, Fish clings to a misguided hope that the staging of his play will make all well again.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFletcher Michael \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and actor based in Brooklyn, New York. He is the founder of Infinite Monkey Theater Company, through which he writes, directs, and produces full-length plays and sketch comedy shows. \u003ci\u003eSidewalk Dance\u003c\/i\u003e is his third novel, following \u003ci\u003eGlass Bottle Season\u003c\/i\u003e (Keylight Books, 2023) and \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e (Rebel Satori Press, 2022). For more information about past, current, and upcoming projects, check out fletcherisuptosomething.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52571574862131,"sku":"9781684420568","price":39.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/d89qYCFWaQ9781684420568.webp?v=1761375226","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/sidewalk-dance-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}