{"id":183,"date":"2016-06-24T08:30:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T14:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/?page_id=183"},"modified":"2016-06-25T17:53:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T23:53:06","slug":"souria-by-laird-ryan-states","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/?page_id=183","title":{"rendered":"Souria by Laird Ryan States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-181 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cover-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cover-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/theasp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cover.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Souria<\/em>, the second ASP release from Laird Ryan States is a collection of two short stories in his Sel Souris cycle.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fear and Loathing<\/em> is the tale of the meeting of Raoul Duke and Mr. William Lee as they vacation on the island, in search of freedom and the ultimate high.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Irresponsible Journey<\/em> is a travelogue recording a visit to the island by Ryan States, a part-time author who skips off work for a week to visit Sel Souris, a place of myth, and to meet a piece of his family he has never known.<\/p>\n<p>Both stories function as pastiche and as a glimpse into the mind and literary loves of the author.<\/p>\n<p>Funny, moving, strange, and lovely,\u00a0<em>Souria\u00a0<\/em>is an excellent introduction to the writing of Laird Ryan States.<\/p>\n<p>Souria can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Souria-Laird-Ryan-States-ebook\/dp\/B01HF4UTOU\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1466777313&amp;sr=1-1\">here<\/a>\u00a0on Amazon.com or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Souria-Laird-Ryan-States-ebook\/dp\/B01HF4UTOU\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1466777313&amp;sr=1-1\">here<\/a>\u00a0on Amazon.ca. \u00a0It is available as well through all international Amazon markets.<\/p>\n<p>You can also buy Souria in print <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/ryan-states\/souria\/paperback\/product-22767643.html\">here<\/a>, at Lulu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Souria, the second ASP release from Laird Ryan States is a collection of two short stories in his Sel Souris cycle. Fear and Loathing is the tale of the meeting of Raoul Duke and Mr. William Lee as they vacation on the island, in search of freedom and the ultimate high. The Irresponsible Journey is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/?page_id=183\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Souria by Laird Ryan States<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-183","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191,"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}