{"product_id":"9781804294451","title":"The Literary Workshop: The Chaotic Space Where Books Are Made","description":"\u003cb\u003eRadical lesbian feminist theorist and author Monique Wittig theorizes writing as labor and demonstrates where literature’s political power comes from\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Literary Workshop \u003c\/i\u003etakes readers inside Monique Wittig’s creative process, unlocking the practice of writing both in material and political terms. Wittig provides her most com­plete account of how literature and politics work together. Part of the generation that revolutionized French literature, Wittig reveals the secret of her craft: that the work a writer does with language is itself a form of resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn and raised in France, Monique Wittig (1935–2003) was a driving force in second-wave feminism and one of the most brilliant authors of her generation. A provocative thinker, she famously declared that lesbians are not women and in­troduced women into a materialist framework by treating them as a class. Wittig is the author of, among other titles, \u003ci\u003eThe Straight Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLes Guérillères\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Lesbian Body\u003c\/i\u003e. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Opoponax\u003c\/i\u003e, won Le Prix Medicis.","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43341551829053,"sku":"9781804294451","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781804294451_p0.jpg?v=1784033246","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781804294451","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}