{"product_id":"9781635902020","title":"If You're a Girl, revised and expanded edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe trailblazing book that influenced a generation of writers, and proves that mature reflection needn’t be lacking in attitude.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the beginning when everything was very sexual we talked about our fantasies. She thought about having a guy for some of it. She thought about having a gun. I had gone through a lot to get away from guys so I admit that the thought of going back to them, even for a little adventure, was surprising and disconcerting …\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnn Rower’s first book, \u003ci\u003eIf You’re a Girl,\u003c\/i\u003e published by Semiotext(e)’s Native Agents series in 1991 in tandem with Cookie Mueller’s \u003ci\u003eWalking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black\u003c\/i\u003e, cemented her reputation as the Eve Babitz of lower Manhattan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRower was fifty-three years old at the time. Her stories—urtexts of female autofiction—had long been circulating within the poetry and postpunk music scenes. They were unlike anyone else’s: disarming, embarrassing, psuedoconfessional tales of everyday life dizzily told and laced with dry humor. In \u003ci\u003eIf You’re a Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, she recounts her adventures as Timothy Leary’s babysitter, her artistic romance with actor Ron Vawter, and her attempts to evade a schizophrenic stalker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRower went on to publish two novels: \u003ci\u003eArmed Response\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and \u003ci\u003eLee \u0026amp; Elaine\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). After the 2002 suicide of her partner, the writer Heather Lewis, Rower stopped writing for almost two decades. And then she picked up where \u003ci\u003eIf You’re a Girl\u003c\/i\u003e left off. No longer a girl, she produced dozens of stories from her life in New York as an octogenarian.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new, expanded edition includes most of the original book, together with selections from both her novels and her recent writings. \u003ci\u003eIf You’re a Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is a trailblazing book that manifests Rower’s influence on a generation of writers, and proves that mature reflection needn’t be lacking in attitude.","brand":"Ann Rower","offers":[{"title":"MIT Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-04-30","offer_id":44663262052607,"sku":"9781635902020","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_5639d428-5cc9-49b6-8bd9-cf31291f371b.jpg?v=1704535244","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781635902020","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}