{"product_id":"between-panic-and-desire-paperback","title":"Between Panic and Desire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDinty W. Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Insouciant\" and \"irreverent\" are the sort of words that come up in reviews of Dinty W. Moore's books--and, invariably, \"hilarious.\" \u003cem\u003eBetween Panic and Desire\u003c\/em\u003e, named after two towns in Pennsylvania, finds Moore at the top of his astutely funny form. A book that could be named after one of its chapters, \"A Post-Nixon, Post-panic, Post-modern, Post-mortem,\" this collection is an unconventional memoir of one man and his culture, which also happens to be our own.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlending narrative and quizzes, memory and numerology, and imagined interviews and conversations with dead presidents on TV, the book dizzily documents the disorienting experience of growing up in a postmodern world. Here we see how the major events in the author's early life--the Kennedy assassination, Nixon's resignation, watching \u003cem\u003eFather Knows Best\u003c\/em\u003e, and dropping acid atop the World Trade Center, to name a few--shaped the way he sees events both global and personal today. More to the point, we see how these events shaped, and possibly even distorted, today's world for all of us who spent our formative years in the '50s, '60s, and '70s. A curious meditation on family and bereavement, longing and fear, self-loathing and desire, \u003cem\u003eBetween Panic and Desire\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds in kaleidoscopic forms--a coroner's report, a TV movie script, a Zen koan--aptly reflecting the emergence of a fractured virtual America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDinty W. Moore is a professor of English at Ohio University and the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eDear Mister Essay Writer Guy: Advice and Confessions on Writing, Love, and Cannibals\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Truth of the Matter: Art and Craft in Creative Nonfiction\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDinty W. Moore is a professor of English at Ohio University and the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eDear Mister Essay Writer Guy: Advice and Confessions on Writing, Love, and Cannibals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Truth of the Matter: Art and Craft in Creative Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451472298162,"sku":"9780803229822","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ae23cb443eeb1112beea21228fd5dd0d.webp?v=1778795570","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/between-panic-and-desire-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}