{"title":"Ariel Gore","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover the compelling voice of \u003cstrong\u003eAriel Gore\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose work blends candid memoir with profound reflections on life and creativity. Her writing invites readers into intimate moments, exploring themes of identity, resilience, and the transformative power of storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGore’s books offer thoughtful insights that resonate with those interested in personal growth and artistic journeys. Whether navigating the challenges of self-expression or embracing unconventional paths, her narratives provide both inspiration and a fresh perspective on the human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-wayward-writer-by-ariel-gore-9781648411847","title":"The Wayward Writer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCreate your liberated literary utopia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen your dream and creative passion is to write, how do you succeed without selling out or selling yourself short? Ariel Gore has spent her life solving this puzzle, writing and organising her way towards a creative utopian vision, where storytelling is a form of resistance and writing is an outsider art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this follow-up to her national bestseller \u003cem\u003eHow to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead\u003c\/em\u003e, Gore offers a lyrical call to literary revolution paired with practical exercises. Through her own experiences and interviews with other authors, publishers, and agents, she shows you how to chart your own creative education, vanquish shame and imposter syndrome, cast off oppression, cast a spell on your readers, step into your unique powers, and build your own literary community where respect and honesty reign—and where you can be a writer and survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGore presents an alternative narrative structure to the patriarchal hero's journey, with a focus on tapping into myths and hidden places. 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As they descend into a world of doctors and tests, medications and insurance, sickness and treatments and hope and pain and more, they discover just how little they truly knew—despite the awareness campaigns and hyper-visible pink ribbons—about the reality of breast cancer. Over the four years following Deena's terminal diagnosis, Gore does what she always does, no matter how difficult or personal the subject: she writes about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith keen insights, empathy, and humour, Ariel Gore braids together the story of Deena's experience, her own role as a caretaker, narratives from others living with breast cancer, literary reflections on illness, and reportage on the history of breast cancer and the $200 billion industry that capitalises on and profits from breast cancer screenings and treatments. \u003cem\u003eRehearsals for Dying\u003c\/em\u003e investigates and challenges everything we think we know about breast cancer. 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