{"product_id":"clowns","title":"Michelle Tea: Clowns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCipher Press, 2026, softcover, 304 pages, 12.9 x 19.8 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe third book in Michelle Tea's anthology series, following\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSluts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWitch\u003c\/span\u003e, considers the many-sided splendour of the clown.\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA blogging dog sitter cringes out on celebrity, Slinkys, and self-promotion. A poet experiences the clowny vulnerability of falling in love. Drunk Muppets ponder the uselessness of art. A transitioning drag queen muses on being 'the crazy one, the one who doesn't give a fuck.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this anthology of poetry, fiction, screenplay, and more, writers explore and explode the archetype of the CLOWN in all of its humiliating, earnest, magical, subversive glory. From fiction that reveals the humanity beneath the smeared greasepaint to psychedelic autofiction to poetry that exposes normal folk for the sickening anomalies they are, CLOWNS will get under your skin until it liberates your own inner clown, be it a smart-ass or trickster, sad sack or buffoon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58720977355136,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/41jdLouEKYL._SY445_SX342_ML2.jpg?v=1786976423","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/clowns","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}