{"product_id":"alive-at-the-end-of-the-world-paperback","title":"Alive at the End of the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSaeed Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eD. a. Powell\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePierced by grief and charged with history, this new poetry collection from the award-winning author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrelude to Bruise\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow We Fight for Our Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e confronts our everyday apocalypses.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn haunted poems glinting with laughter, Saeed Jones explores the public and private betrayals of life as we know it. With verve, wit, and elegant craft, Jones strips away American artifice in order to reveal the intimate grief of a mourning son and the collective grief bearing down on all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing from memoir, fiction, and persona, Jones confronts the everyday perils of white supremacy with a finely tuned poetic ear, identifying moments that seem routine even as they open chasms of hurt. Viewing himself as an unreliable narrator, Jones looks outward to understand what's within, bringing forth cultural icons like Little Richard, Paul Mooney, Aretha Franklin and Diahann Carroll to illuminate how long and how perilously we've been living on top of fault lines. As these poems seek ways to love and survive through America's existential threats, Jones ushers his readers toward the realization that the end of the world is already here--and the apocalypse is a state of being. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaeed Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and grew up in Lewisville, Texas. His work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eGQ, \u003c\/em\u003eand he has been featured on public radio programs including NPR's \u003cem\u003eFresh Air, Pop Culture Happy Hour, It's Been A Minute with Sam Sanders, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAll Things Considered.\u003c\/em\u003e He lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his dog, Caesar, and tweets @TheFerocity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766215508256,"sku":"9781566896511","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1221cac0bf9c759ca2a26b01eda3020a.webp?v=1780287564","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/alive-at-the-end-of-the-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}