{"product_id":"shopping-or-the-end-of-time-paperback","title":"Shopping, or the End of Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmily Bludworth de Barrios\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I am going to make a poem,\" writes Emily Bludworth de Barrios, \"As if \/ I could put beautiful things in a box to keep them there.\" With \u003ci\u003eShopping, or\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe End of Time \u003c\/i\u003eshe has done that and so much more. These kaleidoscopic images reflect and reverberate across time and space, revealing collisions of identity, motherhood, childhood, houses, shopping malls, industrial canals--the hopes and fears of what we've lost and gained over the decades in our mad rush for connection, for ownership, for goods. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A detective's red thread spiderweb mapping the constellations among parenting, capitalism, aging, and ghosts, this stunning collection is wistful, unmoored, glamorous, and immense. These tour-de-force poems simultaneously capture an impression of emptiness and pleasure, of existing in a liminal space filled with both hollowness and potential. \u003cbr\u003e Even though we lived at the edge of a great rupture, \u003cbr\u003e It was difficult to tell when the world broke. \u003cbr\u003e --Excerpt from \"Ravine\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmily Bludworth de Barrios is a poet whose books and chapbooks include \u003ci\u003eWomen, Money, Children, Ghosts; Splendor;\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Extraordinary Power\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poems have appeared in publications such as\u003ci\u003e The Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCincinnati Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She was raised in Houston, Cairo, and Caracas, and now lives in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, with her husband and three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170427768967,"sku":"9780299340940","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4150094b21594cc5dc9a85372ea60a65.webp?v=1733348089","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/shopping-or-the-end-of-time-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}