{"product_id":"girl-at-the-end-of-the-world-paperback","title":"Girl at the End of the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErin Carlyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSara Wagner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGirl at the End of the World \u003c\/em\u003eworks through death with a sharp focus on place and environmental disaster, expanding into the realms of science fiction and mythmaking. This book is Erin Carlyle's second full-length poetry collection published by \u003cem\u003eDriftwood Press\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese beautifully crafted, image dense poems capture the landscape of the \u003cstrong\u003eSouth\u003c\/strong\u003e and of \u003cstrong\u003epoverty \u003c\/strong\u003eby highlighting the speaker's girlhood in flashback as she recalls violence and mourns the death of her father caused by opioid \u003cstrong\u003eaddiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection widens into \u003cstrong\u003eecopoetry\u003c\/strong\u003e in its exploration of ecological concerns like \u003cstrong\u003ewildfires \u003c\/strong\u003ethat threaten the self and the earth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConnecting both threads is the search for answers through an interrogation of \u003cstrong\u003efamiliar childhood stories and tales, \u003c\/strong\u003e the \u003cstrong\u003esupernatural, \u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003euniverse.\u003c\/strong\u003e The speaker has an impulse towards \"magical thinking,\" that allows her to unpack the juxtaposed \u003cstrong\u003eexistential\u003c\/strong\u003e and ecological themes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGirl at the End of the World \u003c\/em\u003easks the reader to consider where we are going and where we have been. It is about a world and a past that are dying. Ultimately, it is for readers who want to know how to survive the personal and global disasters that are continually occurring. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68003256205464,"sku":"9781949065336","price":24.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/8HW24mzfHR9781949065336.webp?v=1794667904","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/girl-at-the-end-of-the-world-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}