{"product_id":"what-it-is-paperback","title":"What It Is - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynda Barry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynda Barry's bestselling treatise on creativity, What It Is, is now available in paperback\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow do objects summon memories? What do real images feel like? What is an image? What is the past? For decades, these questions have permeated the pages of Lynda Barry's compositions, with words attracting pictures and conjuring places through a pen that first and foremost keeps on moving. Barry's \u003ci\u003eWhat It Is\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates a tried-and-true creative method that is playful, powerful, and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive mind who wishes to write or to remember. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this exploratory workbook, confessional, and memoir each page is a full-color collage that is a gentle guide to the creative process packed full ofswirling collaged images with pen and ink drawings on Barry's signature legal paper. Barry's award winning book is an invigorating example of exactly what it is: \"The ordinary is extraordinary.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynda Barry\u003c\/b\u003e has worked as a painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator, and teacher and found that they are very much alike. She lives in Wisconsin, where she is an Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Creativity at the University of Wisconsin Madison. In 2019, she received the \"Genius grant\" from the MacArthurs Fellows program. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to What It Is, Barry has written four bestselling and acclaimed creative how-to graphic novels, \u003ci\u003eWhat It Is; Picture This; Syllabus: Notes From an Accidental Professor;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMaking Comics\u003c\/i\u003e. Her seminal comic strip, \u003ci\u003eErnie Pook's Comeek, \u003c\/i\u003e features Marlys, Maybonne, and Freddie and was collected into \u003ci\u003eThe! Greatest! of! Marlys!, The Freddie Stories, Come Over Come Over, My Perfect Life, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIt's So Magic\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other books include \u003ci\u003eOne! Hundred! Demons!, Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Good Times are Killing Me.\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.5 x 7.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45576288469036,"sku":"9781770467378","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/BKanONtURI9781770467378.webp?v=1779925818","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/what-it-is-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}