{"product_id":"if-youre-a-girl-revised-and-expanded-edition","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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\r","brand":"Ann Rower, Sheila Heti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44457627418860,"sku":"9781635902020","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781635902020.jpg?v=1708918725","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/if-youre-a-girl-revised-and-expanded-edition","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}