{"product_id":"the-literary-workshop","title":"The Literary Workshop: The Chaotic Space Where Books Are Made","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold, revelatory argument for the power of language by leading radical lesbian feminist and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Straight Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wittig became a celebrity in the American women's movement. Her collection of essays, The Straight Mind (1992), is witty, imaginative and, as ever, experimental. It is her imaginative use of style-as-politics that will be her lasting legacy, influencing writers as diverse as Kathy Acker and Jeanette Winterson.\" \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A key figure in French feminism, perhaps the foremost theorist of a profoundly radical lesbianism.\" \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A dazzling writer. Her words are lucid and gleaming like moonlight.\" Edna O’Brien, author of\u003cem\u003e The Country Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44590453031005,"sku":"9781804294451","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/9781804294451.jpg?v=1783785434","url":"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/fr\/products\/the-literary-workshop","provider":"Leftwingbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}