{"product_id":"recent-studies-indicate-the-best-of-sarah-bird-paperback-softback-9781477318683","title":"Recent Studies Indicate; The Best of Sarah Bird (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477318683","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRecent Studies Indicate\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Best of Sarah Bird\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSarah Bird (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477318683, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 April 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.34 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\u003cdiv\u003eThese essays are a pleasure; Bird makes her readers feel smart, urbane, and in on the joke, and that their own stories are worth sharing too.\u003c\/div\u003e (Publishers Weekly) \u003cdiv\u003eBird brings her signature no-nonsense wit to topics ranging from motherhood and politics to, of course, the Long Star State.\u003c\/div\u003e (Austin Monthly) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eRecent Studies Indicate\u003c\/i\u003e is a treasure chest brimming with Bird's distinctive voice: bold, thought-provoking, stitch-in-your-side funny, acerbic when called for, and, in the end, full of joy.\u003c\/div\u003e (Lone Star Literary Life) \u003cdiv\u003eDelightful…you can open the book to just about any story and enjoy a few minutes of good reading and, more likely than note, a hearty laugh.\u003c\/div\u003e (Abilene Reporter-News) \u003cdiv\u003eIn her first collection of nonfiction that encompasses over four decades of work, Bird shows off her wit and wisdom on subjects ranging from motherhood to making Texas her adopted home...After reading these entertaining essays, a reader might feel like she’s put in a satisfying visit with an old friend.\u003c\/div\u003e (Texas Highways)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow collecting forty of Bird’s best nonfiction pieces, from publications that range from \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and others, \u003ci\u003eRecent Studies Indicate\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomanhood: The Secret Delta \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Question of Gender (Austin Sun, 1976)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReady, Set, Go-Go! 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