{"product_id":"near-miss-laura-matwichuk-9780889713536","title":"Near Miss","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNear Miss\u003c\/em\u003e considers the relationship between close calls and the tenuous conditions of contemporary life. From actual cataclysms such as meteor collisions and volcanic eruptions to everyday failures and accidents, these inventive poems collide with the perpetual unease created by life's unpredictability while contemplating mortality, fragility, gratitude and hopefulness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e... When the Emergency Broadcast\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSystem proclaims this is only a test, you\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eleave the TV on because you've gotten\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eused to the sound. You keep waiting\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efor the heat to come on, for the regular\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebroadcast to resume, for a new sensation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eto quicken inside you like the sight\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof that fleet of ghost-planes lifted\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efrom the desert, reanimated, hovering\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eover your house as if everything is fine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-- \"Decommissioned Planes\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Matwichuk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0889713537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889713536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nightwood Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.60w x 0.20d","brand":"Laura Matwichuk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947455185151,"sku":"9780889713536","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_dd1150ce-98ee-4c57-8d9d-6cd2204f61ed.jpg?v=1681518828","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/near-miss-laura-matwichuk-9780889713536","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}