{"product_id":"at-the-end-of-the-world-there-is-a-pond-poems","title":"At the End of the World There Is a Pond: Poems","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAt the End of the World There Is a Pond: Poems\u003c\/h1\u003eSteven Duong,Steven Duong\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003eAugust 11 2026\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781324130666\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1324130660\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \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","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67392912457773,"sku":"WHS-738520b1f5634337b24010bae3e87053","price":16.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_21ce81c1-29ce-4180-80e8-ebd8530aca30.jpg?v=1787369449","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/at-the-end-of-the-world-there-is-a-pond-poems","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}