{"product_id":"talk-stories","title":"Talk Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJamaica Kincaid's collected writings for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker'\u003c\/i\u003es \"Talk of the Town\" record her first impressions of snobbish, mobbish New York.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTalk Stories \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of Jamaica Kincaid's original writing for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker'\u003c\/i\u003es \"Talk of the Town,\" composed during the time when she first arrived in the United States from Antigua, from 1978 to 1983. Kincaid developed a unique voice, both in sync with William Shawn's tone for the quintessential elite magazine and (though unsigned) all her own--wonderingly alive to the ironies and screwball details that characterized her adopted city. The book also reflects Kincaid's development as a young writer--the newcomer who sensitively records her impressions here takes root to become one of our most respected authors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Rice Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47543325294770,"sku":"9781250340627","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/imageloader_1bc57081-9627-45e1-b07d-44481b8fcc18.jpg?v=1780355782","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/talk-stories","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}