{"product_id":"portrait-of-an-artist-as-a-young-woman-paperback","title":"Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman - 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\u003eAlexis Krasilovsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate from \u003ci\u003eJules et Jim \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eI Love Dick\u003c\/i\u003e. A fiercely feminist novel cataloguing the innumerable obstacles encountered by young women in the 1970s and 1980s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAna Fried is a struggling filmmaker fighting to step out of her mother's shadow. While researching the essence of Indian goddesses at Mount Abu for a film she was writing, a bout of malaria sends her back to her childhood suburban home. In her fever dreams, she relives her time at Yale during the early years of coeducation, where she first fought the many men who refused to take women artists seriously. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAna's filmmaking journey takes her from the high-stakes New York art scene to the gritty blues clubs of Memphis. Along the way, she navigates toxic relationships and \"mentors\" who try to control her talent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAna returns to Manhattan to finish her film, \u003ci\u003eThe Cyborg Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e, and stop playing it safe. Confronting the ghosts of her past, she determines to finally stop letting others define her and claim her own voice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortrait of an Artist as a Young Woman\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful #MeToo story from a different era, exposing the dark side of sexual liberation and the systems designed to keep women small and under control. This novel will inspire anyone who has ever dared to choose their art to live a true life of independence and personal empowerment.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexis Krasilovsky, an award-winning filmmaker of the documentaries \u003ci\u003eLet Them Eat Cake\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWomen Behind the Camera\u003c\/i\u003e, was born in Alaska, survived sexual assault at gunpoint, and has traveled to twenty countries. Her first film, made while an undergraduate, was \u003ci\u003eEnd of the Art World\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKrasilovsky is also a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet. Her pandemic poetry film, \u003ci\u003eThe Parking Lot of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e adapts poems from her book, \u003ci\u003eWatermelon Linguistics: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. Krasilovsky is the author of \u003ci\u003eGreat Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWomen Behind the Camera, \u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eShooting Women: Behind the Camera, Around the World.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe is a Professor Emerita of Screenwriting, California State University Northridge and lives in Los Angeles. http: \/\/alexiskrasilovsky.com\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49377427521675,"sku":"9781947951853","price":33.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/AU594IQeMu9781947951853.webp?v=1789620644","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/portrait-of-an-artist-as-a-young-woman-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}