{"product_id":"at-the-end-of-the-world-there-is-a-pond-poems-9781324086789","title":"At the End of the World There Is a Pond: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eAt the End of the World There Is a Pond\u003c\/em\u003e is a book about aftermaths. Each poem comes in the wake of a deep rupture--the ruptures of mental illness and addiction, of migration and displacement, of violence, familial conflict, and ecological catastrophe--and yet the speakers engage with despair and playfulness in equal measure, always allowing humor, irony, and the exuberance of contemporary life to bend darkness toward something like hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgain and again, Steven Duong's writing excavates the unnatural conditions of a seemingly natural world, asking us to pay studied attention to its inhabitants. His poems force us to keep looking: at the betta fish trapped in its mason jar, the forest choked by invasive kudzu, the elephant wounded in a landmine blast. Through its relentless scrutiny and exacting care, this magisterial debut collection poses an impossible question: How can we reconcile a deep love for the world, in all its buzzing, wriggling aliveness, with an equally deep, self-destructive desire to leave it behind?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324086789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112","brand":"Steven Duong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44833841873077,"sku":"9781324086789","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_28dd79e5-00c6-49ae-be54-523215f3117a.jpg?v=1732030311","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/at-the-end-of-the-world-there-is-a-pond-poems-9781324086789","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}