The World Is on Fire: Scrap, Treasure, and Songs of Apocalypse

by Joni Tevis

Book Overview

The sermons of Joni Tevis' youth filled her with dread, a sense "that an even worse story--one you hadn't read yet--could likewise come true." In this revelatory collection, she reckons with her childhood fears by exploring the uniquely American fascination with apocalypse. From a haunted widow's wildly expanding mansion, to atomic test sites in the Nevada desert, her settings are often places of destruction and loss.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571313478
• ISBN13: 9781571313478
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.4"