{"product_id":"plastic-an-autobiography-paperback","title":"Plastic: An Autobiography - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllison Cobb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the 2022 Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the 2022 CLMP Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePlastic\u003c\/i\u003e is powerful and moving, a deep, personal exploration of the modern world.\"--\u003cb\u003eRichard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize recipient for \u003ci\u003eThe Making of the Atomic Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePlastic: An Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e, Cobb's obsession with a large plastic car part leads her to explore the violence of our consume-and-dispose culture, including her own life as a child of Los Alamos, where the first atomic bombs were made. The journey exposes the interconnections among plastic waste, climate change, nuclear technologies, and racism. Using a series of interwoven narratives―from ancient Phoenicia to Alabama―the book bears witness to our deepest entanglements and asks how humans continue on this planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllison Cobb (pronouns she\/her) is the author of \u003ci\u003eAfter We All Died, Plastic: an autobiography, Born2\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGreen-Wood\u003c\/i\u003e. Cobb's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry, Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other journals. She was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award and National Poetry Series; has been a resident artist at Djerassi and Playa; and received fellowships from the Oregon Arts Commission, the Regional Arts and Culture Council, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Cobb works for the Environmental Defense Fund and lives in Portland, Oregon, where she co-hosts The Switch reading, art, and performance series and performs in the collaboration Suspended Moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769181012256,"sku":"9781643620381","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c9875874a980bb8722742db9fb3eea21.webp?v=1780343353","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/plastic-an-autobiography-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}