{"product_id":"art-is-everything-a-novel-paperback-softback-9780810142923","title":"Art Is Everything; A Novel (Paperback \/ softback) 9780810142923","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArt Is Everything\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eYxta Maya Murray (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780810142923\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 January 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages, 17 black \u0026amp; white images\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.325 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“In Amanda Ruiz, Yxta Maya Murray has created a character that is fresh and sassy and unlike any I’ve encountered in recent fiction. Through inventive and stylized prose rife with wit and intelligence, we witness her triumphs and heartbreaks just as Amanda is on the verge of a major creative breakthrough while her personal life begins to unravel. What results is a portrait of an artist whose tenacity and passion fill the pages of this ebullient novel, penned by a gifted writer whose imagination knows no limits.” —Alex Espinoza, author of \u003ci\u003eCruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn her funny, idiosyncratic, and propulsive new novel, \u003ci\u003eArt Is Everything,\u003c\/i\u003e Yxta Maya Murray offers us a portrait of a Chicana artist as a woman on the margins. L.A. native Amanda Ruiz is a successful performance artist who is madly in love with her girlfriend, a wealthy and pragmatic actuary named Xochitl. Everything seems under control: Amanda's grumpy father is living peacefully in Koreatown; Amanda is about to enjoy a residency at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and, once she gets her NEA, she's going to film a groundbreaking auto-critical documentary in Mexico.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut then everything starts to fall apart when Xochitl's biological clock begins beeping, Amanda's father dies, and she endures a sexual assault. What happens to an artist when her emotional support vanishes along with her feelings of safety and her finances? Written as a series of web posts, Instagram essays, Snapchat freakouts, rejected Yelp reviews, Facebook screeds, and SmugMug streams-of-consciousness that merge volcanic confession with eagle-eyed art criticism, \u003ci\u003eArt Is Everything\u003c\/i\u003e shows us the painful but joyous development of a mid-career artist whose world implodesust as she has a breakthrough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. I Didn'\u003cbr\u003et Even Know These Existed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. \u003cbr\u003eA Struggle That Probably Won'\u003cbr\u003et Pay Off In The End\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Maybe I Shouldn'\u003cbr\u003et Have Insisted On Taking This Trip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. \u003cbr\u003eHey Can I Come Back Home Now\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. \u003cbr\u003eI Didn'\u003cbr\u003et See That One Coming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Weird Social Media Stuff You Do When Your Dad Dies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. This New Job Isn'\u003cbr\u003et That Great\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. I'\u003cbr\u003em Not Sure If I Should Have Pressed Send\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Is This Healing Me or is It Propaganda\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. I Am Trying To Care About This But It'\u003cbr\u003es Not Really Working\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Unlobstering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. It'\u003cbr\u003es Not Stalking, It'\u003cbr\u003es Just Finding Somebody'\u003cbr\u003es Number and Calling Them on the Phone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Crucifixion and Happiness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Authenticity Culture is Dumb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. The Science of Invisibility\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. Private Language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17. Hope In a Phone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18. It'\u003cbr\u003es Fine to Be Edited by Your Gallerist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19. Maybe This Will Make Me Some Money\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20. Crushing It\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e21. I Don'\u003cbr\u003et Think I'\u003cbr\u003em Handling This Very Well\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22. The Disease of the Learned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e23. This is Bad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24. The Sucking One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e25. Yeah Getting a Job is Probably a Good Idea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e26. BjÖ\u003cbr\u003erk'\u003cbr\u003es Kids Seem OK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e27. The Cry It Out Method\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e28. Own Your Emotion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e29. Make Something Out of It\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30. 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