{"product_id":"at-the-end-of-the-steven-duong-9781324130666","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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Duong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324130660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324130666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Steven Duong","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217863192831,"sku":"9781324130666","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f1bc357-efd0-41fd-a48c-7122bf265b1b.jpg?v=1771999938","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/at-the-end-of-the-steven-duong-9781324130666","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}