LEADER 03136nam 2200613 450 001 9910460222403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-57131-898-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000373656 035 $a(EBL)1911081 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001439075 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12526104 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001439075 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11382700 035 $a(PQKB)10268473 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1911081 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1911081 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11048828 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL776845 035 $a(OCoLC)905984169 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000373656 100 $a20150507h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe world is on fire $escrap, treasure, and songs of apocalypse /$fJoni Tevis ; cover design by Mary Austin 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aMinneapolis, [Minnesota] :$cMilkweed Editions,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57131-347-8 327 $aCONTENTS; OVERTURE; What Looks Like Mad Disorder: The Sarah Winchester House; ACT ONE; Damn Cold in February: Buddy Holly, View-Master, and the A-Bomb; Beautiful Beyond Belief: Rock City and Other Fairy Talesof the Atomic Age; Ten Years You Own It; Backstage with John the Beloved Disciple; Something Like the Fire; The Measure of My Days (Buddy Holly Reprise); ACT TWO; The Lay of the Land; Warp and Weft; Brain Sweat and Blueprints; Coathook in an Empty Schoolhouse; The Scissorman; We All Drink from that Fiery Spring (Ode to Heavy Industry); Hammer Price (Song of the Auctioneer) 327 $aPacing the Siege FloorINTERMISSION; Girl Power: Ode to the Demolition Derby; ACT THREE; What the Body Knows; The World Is On Fire: Cave of the Apocalypse; Touch the Bones; Somebody to Love; FINALE; Some Memory of Daylight; NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 330 $aGrappling with a fear rooted in her by the end-times sermons of her Southern youth, Joni Tevis seeks out apocalypse, destruction, and their aftermath in this heart wrenching, but ultimately triumphant collection. Mining sources as disparate as the bible and nuclear history, Tevis couples seemingly unrelated phenomena to reveal deeper meaning: Reflections on Buddy Holly's last days lead to the Doom Town where the American government tested the effects of nuclear weapons on suburban populations. Liberace's last days are juxtaposed with the entertainment complex the military built around weapons 606 $aAmerican essays 606 $aAmerican literature 606 $aEnglish essays 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmerican essays. 615 0$aAmerican literature. 615 0$aEnglish essays. 676 $a814/.6 700 $aTevis$b Joni$0871265 702 $aAustin$b Mary 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460222403321 996 $aThe world is on fire$91944949 997 $aUNINA