{"product_id":"9781933108445","title":"Generation What?: Dispatches from the Quarter-Life Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeemingly a bit ludicrous and even comical, the quarter-life crisis is actually a very real phenomenon afflicting more rudderless twenty-somethings with each passing year. In \u003ci\u003eGeneration What?\u003c\/i\u003e, young up-and-coming writers recount their individual quarrels between hoping to exist on the fringes of childhood and wanting to participate in the arena of adult responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome heartbreaking, some humorous, the essayists’ disparate topics—passionless marriage, fallible parents, Peace Corps survival, cutting the college-life cord, and the like—run the gamut of disillusionment, denial, and yes, even deliverance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lost Generation nursed the devastating wounds of World War I. The Greatest Generation conquered both the Great Depression and totalitarianism. The Beat Generation sped along the counterculture pathways. The Baby Boomers embraced protests and free love, while Generation X birthed mass technology and postmodern malaise. And Generation Y—the young people of the millennium who have more resources, technology, and education than any before—has . . . what?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssayists include editors from \u003ci\u003eBroken Pencil\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJANE\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and contributors to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Village Voice, BUST, Adbusters,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePLENTY,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as young authors with books forthcoming from Harper Perennial and Simon \u0026amp; Schuster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eBess Vanrenen\u003c\/b\u003e currently calls Denver, Colorado, home, although she has also lived in Brooklyn, Reno, and Maadi, Egypt. For anyone hoping to induce a quarter-life crisis, Bess recommends graduate school.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fulcrum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141427085552,"sku":"9781933108445","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781933108445_p0.jpg?v=1763640381","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781933108445","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}