{"title":"Kate Bernheimer","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"horse-flower-bird","title":"Horse, Flower, Bird","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9a6372;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStories by Kate Bernheimer, illustrated by Rikki Ducornet \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAugust 24, 2010 • 6 x 7.5 • 208 pages • 978-1-56689-247-6\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eEight marvelous, melancholy new fairy tales for daring readers.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Kate Bernheimer’s familiar and spare, yet wondrous world, an exotic dancer builds her own cage, a wife tends a secret basement menagerie, a fishmonger’s daughter befriends a tulip bulb, and sisters explore cycles of love and violence by reenacting scenes from Star Wars. Enthralling, subtle, and poetic, this collection evokes the age-old pleasures of classic fairy tales and makes them new. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHorse, Flower, Bird\u003c\/em\u003e includes eight black and white illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKate Bernheimer is the author of two novels and the children’s book \u003cem\u003eThe Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum,\u003c\/em\u003e a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. She is also the editor of the literary journal \u003cem\u003eFairy Tale Review,\u003c\/em\u003e and three anthologies, including \u003cem\u003eMy Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales\u003c\/em\u003e (forthcoming from Penguin in 2010). An Associate Professor and Writer in Residence at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette each spring, she spends the rest of the year in Tucson, Arizona. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn artist and fiction writer, Rikki Ducornet has illustrated books by Robert Coover, Jorge Luis Borges, Forrest Gander, and Joanna Howard. Her paintings have been exhibited widely, including, most recently, at the Pierre Menard Gallery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Salvador Allende Museum in Santiago, Chile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThanks to a 2013 ADA Access Improvement Grant administered by \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/vsamn.org\/\"\u003eVSA Minnesota\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e for the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, this title is also formatted for screen readers which make text accessible to the blind and visually impaired. To purchase this title for use with a screen reader please call (612) 338-0125 or email us at \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:info@coffeehousepress.org\"\u003einfo@coffeehousepress.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e“Quirky, twisted. . . . Quietly unhinged narratives by an author who reinvents the fairy tale.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The stories in \u003cem\u003eHorse, Flower, Bird\u003c\/em\u003e are melancholy—as are Rikki Ducornet’s accompanying illustrations—but also as bright and sprightly as a little caged bird.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBaltimore City Paper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Bernheimer’s] strangely moving stories, such as the eight collected in \u003cem\u003eHorse, Flower, Bird\u003c\/em\u003e, combine fantasy with deep wisdom; the illustrations by Rikki Ducornet are an added delight.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eReader’s Digest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Deep-seated fears find their way into these eight brief, dark adult fairy tales. . . . These stories are the product of a vivid imagination and crafty manipulation by their skillful creator.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hauntingly poetic. . . . By turns lovely and tragic, Bernheimer’s spare but captivating fables of femininity resonate like a string of sad but all-too-real and meaningful dreams. This is a collection readers won’t soon forget, one that redefines the fairy tale into something wholly original.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Imaginative. . . . Lean and lyrical writing. . . . Bernheimer’s passion for fairy tales is evident in every story she spins. . . . [Her] work provides a refreshing contrast to most available fiction. It is no stretch to compare her to Aimee Bender or Kelly Link.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003cem\u003eHorse, Flower, Bird,\u003c\/em\u003e Bernheimer’s fourth book, femininity is portrayed as a series of traumas shaped by language. Despite its playful packaging, this book recalls the grim cautionary messages of old-world fairy tales. Bernheimer’s message? ‘Be careful what you read.’”\u003cstrong\u003e —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Although we may no longer turn to fairy tales, we may still need the invocation ‘once upon a time’ to enter our imaginations. Bernheimer’s most recent attempt to draw us into this world suggests that intellect may hold the primary key to imagination. As we once wanted to read classic fairy tales over and over, the melancholy tales in \u003cem\u003eHorse, Flower, Bird\u003c\/em\u003e need to read over and over.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eContrary Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a delightful collection of strange tales. . . . The stories are also accompanied by anthropomorphic illustrations by Rikki Ducornet, which are wonderfully befitting of the tales. This made for a quick read, as once I was pulled into the worlds of these stories, I did not want to stop reading until I found out where Bernheimer was taking me.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNew Pages Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A strange and enchanting book, written in crisp, winning sentences; each story begs to be read aloud and savored.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Aimee Bender\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Each of these spare and elegant tales rings like a bell in your head. Memorable, original, and not much like anything else you’ve read.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Karen Joy Fowler\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eHorse, Flower, Bird \u003c\/em\u003erests uneasily between the intersection of fantasy and reality, dreaming and wakefulness, and the sacred and profane. Like a series of beautiful but troubling dreams, this book will linger long in the memory. Kate Bernheimer is reinventing the fairy tale.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Peter Buck, \u003cem\u003eR.E.M.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A beautiful little book of fairy tales meant for grown-ups.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVenus Zine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Once upon a time, there was a lovely petal-winged book that had legs so small they poked into the tiniest capillaries of your heart, a mane that smelled like sea air and nostalgia, and a young girl’s eyes that promised penance prior to murder. . . . A kind gift from the vast imagination of Kate Bernheimer. \u003cem\u003eHorse, Flower, Bird is\u003c\/em\u003e a collection of eight stories–jewels that politely but firmly ask to be held up into the light, examined, perhaps coddled, maybe caged, and then, of course, set free.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNew Delta Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eH\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eorse, Flower, Bird, \u003c\/em\u003epossesses everything you want to find in remarkable, enchanting, and lasting fairy tales—the delightful, imaginative kind of stores you want to tell in front of fires, or on the phone late at night under the covers, the stories you know you will never tell as well as the original author, the ones about phobias and cages and learning the love cages, but you know you have to try and retell them anyway.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePuerto Del Sol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CHPbeta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43707468430,"sku":"","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1475\/9808\/products\/Horse_Flower_Bird.jpg?v=1515076224"},{"product_id":"how-a-mother-weaned-her-girl-from-fairy-tales","title":"How a Mother Weaned Her Girl from Fairy Tales","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9a6372;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStories by Kate Bernheimer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAugust 5, 2014 • 6 x 7.5 • 167 pages • 978-1-56689-347-3\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eElegantly simple fairy tales of strangeness and wonder from a master of the form.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo one has done more for the contemporary fairy tale than Kate Bernheimer. In eight new stories, she leads us into a forest of everyday magic and misfits, where dinosaurs wear pajamas and talking dolls ruin your life. Elegant and brutal, Bernheimer’s latest collection locates the existential loveliness of ideas amidst the topsy-turvy logic of things. This collection renews classic stories with intelligent wonder. Like one of Bernheimer’s girls, whose hands of steel turn to flowers, the reader will marvel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKate Bernheimer has been called “one of the living masters of the fairy tale.” She is the author of a novel trilogy and the story collections \u003cem\u003eHorse, Flower, Bird\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHow a Mother Weaned Her Girl from Fairy Tales\u003c\/em\u003e and the editor of four anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award winning and bestselling \u003cem\u003eMy Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003exo Orpheus: 50 New Myths.\u003c\/em\u003e She founded and edits the literary journal \u003cem\u003eFairy Tale Review\u003c\/em\u003e and lives in Arizona with her husband, the writer Brent Hendricks, and their daughter, Xia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThanks to a 2013 ADA Access Improvement Grant administered by \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/vsamn.org\/\"\u003eVSA Minnesota\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e for the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, this title is also formatted for screen readers which make text accessible to the blind and visually impaired. To purchase this title for use with a screen reader please call (612) 338-0125 or email us at \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:info@coffeehousepress.org\"\u003einfo@coffeehousepress.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e, “Best Books of 2014”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e, “2014’s Must-Read Books from Indie Presses”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With dinosaurs and pink sisters, shadows and talking dolls, librarians and totems, Bernheimer presents haunting looks at mothers and daughters, the magic of childhood, and the power of illusion, fantasy, and dreams.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—San Francisco Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I’ll read anything [Kate Bernheimer] writes, and I’ll undoubtedly learn more about myself and my own writing than from 100 other books. Truth is, I hope every young writer is lucky enough to discover a particular writer who speaks to her more than any other, a writer whose words reach out through the pages and touch her heart, the way Kate Bernheimer has done for me.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bernheimer manages to tickle the cerebrum without sacrificing surface pleasures.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As Tatar writes, in fairy tales children must find radical ways to ‘survive a world ruled by adults.’ This is our grim reality. And it’s the grim reality of these children at the border as well. Of course, not all endings are unhappy. Remember Hansel and Gretel? They manage to shove that witch in the oven, and they emerge from the forest . . . alive.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The intimacy of [\u003ci\u003eHow A Mother Weaned Her Girl from Fairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e] seems to reiterate that immediacy of the form—disbelief is beyond suspended . . . disbelief is terminated.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWaxwing Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Bernheimer], an impassioned advocate for the relevancy of the fairy-tale genre, fills the whole strange, lovely book with such gems, reinventing traditional, timeless tales for new readers.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHow a Mother Weaned Her Girl from Fairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, deftly blends gloomy fairy tales with existential manifestos. Nine nimble stories confront a spectrum of suffering; loneliness, addiction, poverty, and death lay exposed with open language for all to interpret.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Entropy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Kate Bernheimer] reminds us why she is reigning queen of the modern fairy tale.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—American Microreviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An impressive array. . . . The way the rules of realism are rewritten makes for a thrilling experience.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Vol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One might call Bernheimer a bit of a fairy tale activist. . . . Fairy tales are composites—unnerving blends of fantasy and rationality—and as such, the stories they govern may lure you into their candied constructions, only to eat you alive.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eHeavy Feather Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The tale is in the telling, and this new collection of lyrical, exhilarating fairy tales makes use of the moribund, ruthless aspects of the Brothers Grimm and the lilting, calmative qualities of Mother Goose.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLargehearted Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Bernheimer is] one of literature’s foremost champions of the fairy tale.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Nylon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Recommended if you like: offbeat, unusually structured stories; re-imagined fairy tales with a somewhat dark (but also whimsical) tone.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eInsatiable Booksluts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You cannot argue with a fairy tale. It is tautology as art form.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Slate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gobble up these stories as you would a trail of bread crumbs that leads into the dark, magical woods of Kate Bernheimer’s imagination. Here you will be happily lost, sometimes afraid, often amused and always awed.”\u003cb\u003e —Benjamin Percy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A master of minimalist style, Kate Bernheimer taps into the poetry of fairy tales to reveal the dread that seeps into ordinary things as well as the redemptive power of language and story.” \u003cb\u003e—Maria Tatar, Chair, Program in Folklore \u0026amp; Mythology, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kate Bernheimer’s beautiful and daring stories do not lead us to familiar places. She miraculously collapses the distinctions between the quotidian and the wondrous, the enchanted and the cursed, and takes us into the dark woods to wander until we too can see each uncanny branch.” \u003cb\u003e—Jenny Offill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These aren’t fairy tales, they’re signposts for the lost—and strange lands await if you go their way.” \u003cb\u003e—Ben Loory,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eauthor of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStories for Nighttime and Some for the Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHow a Mother Weaned Her Girl from Fairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable compilation of stories: a girl’s relationship with her shadow, a librarian’s secret home, a solitary boy in a cardboard house.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBook Page\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Kate Bernheimer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hauntingly poetic. . . . By turns lovely and tragic, Bernheimer’s spare but captivating fables of femininity resonate like a string of sad but all-too-real and meaningful dreams. This is a collection readers won’t soon forget, one that redefines the fairy tale into something wholly original.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Imaginative. . . . Lean and lyrical writing . . . Bernheimer’s passion for fairy tales is evident in every story she spins . . . [her] work provides a refreshing contrast to most available fiction. It is no stretch to compare her to Aimee Bender or Kelly Link.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“While Bernheimer’s tools and techniques are ancient, her materials are contemporary. . . . It’s a fine writer who can demonstrate so perfectly how a primal form maintains currency in any era.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview of Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You didn't think fairy tales could be punk rock? Think again. Kate Bernheimer takes this classic genre and filters it with an eye for contemporary fashion, music, and conflicts. The result is at once nostalgic and astonishingly new.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Bustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Bernheimer’s] new stories will astound you.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Masters Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There is perhaps no living writer who more ferociously champions the fairy-tale tradition than Kate Bernheimer. 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