{"product_id":"bikinis-at-the-end-of-kelvin-c-bias-9781955722315","title":"Bikinis at the End of the World: Poems","description":"When I was eight, I stared at the sky in front of my suburban Los Angeles home. A blinding flash ripped the sky. I dropped to the ground, flush to the six-inch-high curb near our driveway. I survived. A pocket of non-superheated air saved me. After sitting up, I saw destruction in every direction. I awoke terrified, clutching my chest to see if I was alive. It was a horrible dream. I hope it wasn't a premonition.\u003cbr\u003eCurrently, there are more than 12,400 nuclear warheads in the arsenals of nine (known) nations. Approximately 87 percent of the world's nukes belong to two of them: Russia (5,580) and the United States (5,225). Compelled to revisit the realm of my childhood nightmare, I wrote a collection of poems primarily about nuclear war-its provenance, its terrifying aftermath, and its potential extinction. I fear the planet my children-\u003ci\u003eall our children\u003c\/i\u003e-will inherit. I want it to be a verdant Earth, not a world destroyed by human carelessness. These poems are a klaxon. (As if we needed another reminder.) Tonight, when I go to bed, I will dream big-like my grandmother used to say-of a better world.\u003ci\u003e-Kelvin C. Bias\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelvin C. Bias\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1955722315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781955722315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archive Zero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Kelvin C. Bias","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437544386815,"sku":"9781955722315","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75f8fdd2-56c4-405d-bd83-746452d2b90a.jpg?v=1777162542","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bikinis-at-the-end-of-kelvin-c-bias-9781955722315","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}