{"product_id":"a-story-that-happens-on-playwriting-childhood-other-traumas-paperback","title":"A Story That Happens: On Playwriting, Childhood, \u0026 Other Traumas - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on O'Brien's experience of cancer and of childhood abuse, and on his ongoing collaboration with a war reporter, the four essays in \u003ci\u003eA Story that Happens\u003c\/i\u003e--first written as craft lectures for the Sewanee Writers' Conference and the US Air Force Academy--offer hard-won insights into what stories are for and the reasons why, \"afraid and hopeful,\" we begin to tell them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan O'Brien is a playwright, poet, librettist, and essayist whose recognition includes a Guggenheim Fellowship in Drama \u0026amp; Performance Art and the UK's Fenton Aldeburgh Poetry Prize. \u003ci\u003eTrue Story: A Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e of O'Brien's plays was published by Dalkey Archive Press in 2023, and in 2021 his collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eA Story That Happens: On Playwriting, Childhood, \u0026amp; Other Traumas\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Dalkey Archive in the US and by CB Editions in the UK. His poetry collections are\u003ci\u003e Survivor's Notebook, Our Cancers, New Life, Scarsdale, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e War Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e. His plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Body of an American\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the PEN USA Award, the Edward M. Kennedy Prize, and the Horton Foote Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThe House in Scarsdale\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a PEN America Award. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the actor and writer Jessica St. Clair, and their daughter Isobel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52148316373223,"sku":"9781628973839","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8329\/8279\/files\/6840e97ce4ce68072ccb9db6b8b866fa.webp?v=1780382674","url":"https:\/\/skinnonsmooth.myshopify.com\/products\/a-story-that-happens-on-playwriting-childhood-other-traumas-paperback","provider":"SkinnOnSmooth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}