{"product_id":"9781480424579","title":"Mapping the Territory: Selected Nonfiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first collection of nonfiction from the author Tony Kushner calls “one of the best novelists writing in the world today” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver a thirty-year period, novelist Christopher Bram witnessed, and lived through, the powerful experiences of coming out, the AIDS epidemic, gay marriage, and the social changes that have occurred in lower Manhattan. From the title piece, which maps the state of gay fiction, to “A Body in Books,” about the gay books that changed the author’s life, the essays in \u003ci\u003eMapping the Territory\u003c\/i\u003e form a coherent autobiographical account of Bram’s life. This work wouldn’t be complete without “Homage to Mr. Jimmy,” his account of how his novel \u003ci\u003eFather of Frankenstein \u003c\/i\u003egrew from his imagination and writing into the Oscar-winning movie \u003ci\u003eGods and Monsters.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMapping the Territory \u003c\/i\u003eis a thoroughly engaging and compelling look into a great American writer.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131076231408,"sku":"9781480424579","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480424579_p0.jpg?v=1763619253","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480424579","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}