{"product_id":"extinction-theory-kien-lam-9780820362731","title":"Extinction Theory: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExtinction Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of pseudoscience poems that try to provide rationales for some of life's most salient mysteries. Where is God? What does it mean to belong? Who killed the dinosaurs? Kien Lam creates new worlds with new rules to better answer these perennial questions. His poetry is that of discovery, of looking at the world as if for the first time. Lam exposes the transitory and transcendent nature of things and how we find meaning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the heart of this collection is also a cataloging of the smaller \"extinctions\" in life. Every passing moment is the death of something, and try as we might to recreate the feeling, it can never be the same. Maybe it's a relationship. Maybe it's a donut. It changes its shape as we juxtapose it against something new.\u003ci\u003e Extinction Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is as much about language as it is about the absence of language. Of English, of Vietnamese, and then of neither.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kien Lam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820362735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820362731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2022 pg. 112","brand":"Kien Lam","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44919596876031,"sku":"9780820362731","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b26dbeb-e4cb-473f-a43a-7b1eb630314e.jpg?v=1710358973","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/extinction-theory-kien-lam-9780820362731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}