{"product_id":"thanks-for-this-riot-stories-paperback","title":"Thanks for This Riot: Stories - Paperback","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\u003eJanelle Bassett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Raz\/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThanks for This Riot\u003c\/i\u003e explores the limits of kindness, the weight of being needed, and the fear of being misunderstood. A group counselor is taunted by a truth-divining piano bench, a voice actor shouts her abortion at the state capitol, a tired caregiver tangles with a pair of stand-up comics, a small-town newspaper office shelters an otherworldly tattletale, a backwoods acupuncturist leans on her least-exciting offspring, a girl in a strapless bra takes a vengeful go-kart ride, and a woman gets surgery to lower her expectations (she thinks it went \"okay\"). Grouped by types of riot--external riots, internal riots, and laugh riots--\u003ci\u003eThanks for This Riot\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant and mordantly funny collection with a distinctly feminist viewpoint. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanelle Bassett\u003c\/b\u003e's writing appears or is forthcoming in the \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmokelong Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eOffing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Square Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWigleaf\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest Microfiction 2023\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Saint Louis and is a fiction editor at \u003ci\u003eSplit Lip Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52558449180979,"sku":"9781496240330","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ougtmMaFmx9781496240330.webp?v=1761213198","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/thanks-for-this-riot-stories-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}