{"product_id":"total-annihilation-by-michael-conner","title":"TOTAL ANNIHILATION, by Michael Conner","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 24 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA born-again fundamentalist tells her dying boyfriend that God is testing him; A species evolves for millions of years just to be mowed down by a speeding truck; a young boy finds his pet dog dead in the backyard; An exhausted God is running out of room in Heaven’s memorial garden for America’s school shooting victims. A vulture circles an empty tomb. Spring returns. A child is born.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTOTAL ANNIHILATION\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of poems that focus on the concept of death and resurrection; on the mechanisms of collapse and destruction that transform our ways of being; on asking questions and grasping for beauty and renewal in the mouth of the abyss\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMichael Conner is an environmental writer and community advocate based out of Black Mountain, North Carolina, currently working on a Master's program in environmental justice. His poetry has been published in \u003cem\u003eSPECTRA\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShambles\u003c\/em\u003e literary magazines, and his longform editorial work can be read in \u003cem\u003eTenderly\u003c\/em\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottlecap Press","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":54766544585026,"sku":"TOTAMC","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":54766544617794,"sku":"TOTAMCe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/5935\/3154\/files\/annihilationfront.png?v=1782032214","url":"https:\/\/thebirdiecollective.myshopify.com\/products\/total-annihilation-by-michael-conner","provider":"The Birdie Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}