{"product_id":"drought-and-say-what-you-like","title":"Drought and Say What You Like","description":"Debra Di Blasi writes from the heart of the Postmodern American Gothic. A native Missourian, she plumbs the depths of psychosexual repercussion and searing sentiment behind the region's parched, pitchfork-bearing façade. Though her writing has been widely published in literary journals, \u003cem\u003eDrought\u003c\/em\u003e, paired here with a second novella, \u003cem\u003eSay What You Like\u003c\/em\u003e, is a stunning first foray into book form. In \u003cem\u003eDrought\u003c\/em\u003e, Di Blasi dissects a young couple's relationship on a failing cattle ranch, allowing us to see all the subcutaneous mental and physical violence they endure. As unceasing heat kills the couple's livestock, Di Blasi focuses a science writer's exactitude and a poet's charged restraint on the human cost of rural tragedy. \u003cem\u003eSay What You Like\u003c\/em\u003e offers an even more ruthless examination of a couple's deep-seated pain. Pared down to short, numbered sections, the relationship of a nameless \"He\" and \"She\" is laid bare by Di Blasi's unflinching skill with the scalpel. Debra Di Blasi is a daring young writer of the top order.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833666711757,"sku":"9780811213325","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_fa58d9d8-d7c3-4be4-9970-66c7adfc101f.jpg?v=1790892754","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/drought-and-say-what-you-like","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}