{"product_id":"tsunami-vs-the-fukushima-50-poems-9781571314857","title":"Tsunami vs. the Fukushima 50: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a \"Best Book of 2019\" by the New York Public Library\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn March 2011, a tsunami caused by an earthquake collided with nearby power plant Fukushima Daiichi, causing the only nuclear disaster in history to rival Chernobyl in scope. Those who stayed at the plant to stabilize the reactors, willing to sacrifice their lives, became known internationally as the Fukushima 50.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003etsunami vs. the fukushima 50\u003c\/i\u003e, Lee Ann Roripaugh takes a piercing, witty, and ferocious look into the heart of the disaster. Here we meet its survivors and victims, from a pearl-catcher to a mild-mannered father to a drove of mindless pink robots. And then there is Roripaugh's unforgettable Tsunami: a force of nature, femme fatale, and \"annihilatrix.\" Tsunami is part hero and part supervillain--angry, loud, forcefully defending her rights as a living being in contemporary industrialized society. As humanity rebuilds in disaster's wake, Tsunami continues to wreak her own havoc, battling humans' self-appointed role as colonizer of Earth and its life-forms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"She's an unsubtle thief \/ a giver of gifts,\" Roripaugh writes of Tsunami, who spits garbage from the Pacific back into now-pulverized Fukushima. As Tsunami makes visible her suffering, the wrath of nature scorned, humanity has the opportunity to reconsider the trauma they cause Earth and each other. But will they look?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lee Ann Roripaugh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660150796444,"sku":"9781571314857","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bd012bba-ec15-42af-b2e3-41ae350b0102.jpg?v=1603896208","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tsunami-vs-the-fukushima-50-poems-9781571314857","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}