{"product_id":"9780872865280","title":"Impossible Princess","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Whatever his subject matter, Killian maintains full authority—offering up a homoerotic interpretation of Flannery O’Connor’s \u003ci\u003eA Good Man Is Hard to Find\u003c\/i\u003e and a brilliant imagined history of Hank Williams. Here, under the author’s careful control and easygoing charisma, everything seems up for grabs, and almost anything seems possible.”— \u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eImpossible Princess\u003c\/i\u003e is the third collection of gay short fiction by PEN Award–winning San Francisco–based author \u003cb\u003eKevin Killian\u003c\/b\u003e. A member of the “new narrative” circle including Dennis Cooper and Kathy Acker, Killian is a master short story writer, crafting campy and edgy tales that explore the humor and darkness of desire. A former director of Small Press Traffic and a co-editor of \u003ci\u003eMirage\/Periodical\u003c\/i\u003e , Killian co-wrote Jack Spicer’s biography, \u003ci\u003ePoet Be Like God\u003c\/i\u003e , and co-edited three Spicer books, including \u003ci\u003eMy Vocabulary Did This To Me: Collected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e . His latest book, \u003ci\u003eAction Kylie\u003c\/i\u003e , is a collection of poems devoted to Kylie Minogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012575478000,"sku":"9780872865280","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780872865280_p0.jpg?v=1763835758","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780872865280","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}