{"product_id":"the-last-show-on-earth-yvonne-blomer-9781773860770","title":"The Last Show on Earth: Poems from the Anthropocene","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this unflinching and whimsical collection, Victoria's former poet laureate Yvonne Blomer explores death, disability, and the fate of our imperilled world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Last Show on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, Yvonne Blomer gathers the diverse characters and distinct moments from everyday life, its tragedies, and triumphs, and begins to imagine them in a circus as side shows and exhibitions of the unusual. In her latest collection, Blomer borrows from museum dioramas, the paintings of Robert Bateman, and the animal portraits in \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e to question and explore the human element in the lives and survival of other species. In poems that are at times unflinchingly dark yet playful, Blomer balances on a tightrope of grief and hope as she traces the lines from motherhood and caring for aging parents to caring for our planet and its endangered creatures--the whale, the elephant, the wolf, the polar bear--as they face ongoing environmental destruction. In \u003ci\u003eThe Last Show on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, we are all performers under the bright striped tent or packed on the circus train heading toward an unknown destination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yvonne Blomer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1773860771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773860770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Caitlin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Yvonne Blomer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056556830975,"sku":"9781773860770","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_51577300-654b-4d67-812b-a075fa958edf.jpg?v=1685041956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-show-on-earth-yvonne-blomer-9781773860770","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}