{"product_id":"poke-a-stick-at-it-unexpected-true-stories-9780806153957","title":"Poke a Stick at It: Unexpected True Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Connie Cronley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Open this book and who knows what will pop out: the story of a gangland funeral, a status report on an ex-husband, a meditation on cats and gardens, a feuilleton about Native American fry bread, or a thoughtful musing on old women and books. Welcome to the delightfully irreverent world of Connie Cronley, essayist, radio commentator, and native Oklahoman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this collection of true stories, Cronley pokes fun at everything--including herself--as she delights in the world around her. With her trademark down-home humor, Cronley takes on a range of subjects as broad as the Oklahoma prairies. No subject is off-limits as the author casts her curious eye on vampire literature, gay insects, air-dried laundry, Emily Post etiquette, and impossible dogs. As she says, \"It's a big world and there's a lot to know.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoke a Stick at It\u003c\/i\u003e is also a love letter to the glories of the English language. Even as Cronley fusses around her garden or snoozes on the couch with her cat Muriel, she always has a stack of books within easy reach. Her eclectic passion for reading, embracing the lowbrow and the highbrow, the epic romance \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e and the poems of Emily Dickinson, is both infectious and inspiring. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Often compared to authors Annie Dillard, Phyllis McGinley, Robert Benchley, and Mark Twain, Connie Cronley is a Southwest original, a writer who infuses her stories with joy, humor, beauty--and plenty of spice. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46476344524951,"sku":"9780806153957","price":2327.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780806153957.jpg?v=1766280866","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/poke-a-stick-at-it-unexpected-true-stories-9780806153957","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}