The World Is on Fire: Scrap, Treasure, and Songs of Apocalypse by Tevis, Joni

The World Is on Fire: Scrap, Treasure, and Songs of Apocalypse

The sermons of Joni Tevis' youth filled her with dread, a sense "that an even worse story--one...
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The World Is on Fire: Scrap, Treasure, and Songs of Apocalypse by Tevis, Joni

The World Is on Fire: Scrap, Treasure, and Songs of Apocalypse

$195.66

The World Is on Fire: Scrap, Treasure, and Songs of Apocalypse

$195.66
Author: Joni Tevis
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The sermons of Joni Tevis' youth filled her with dread, a sense "that an even worse story--one you hadn't read yet--could likewise come true." In this revelatory collection, she reckons with her childhood fears by exploring the uniquely American fascination with apocalypse. From a haunted widow's wildly expanding mansion, to atomic test sites in the Nevada desert, her settings are often places of destruction and loss.

And yet Tevis transforms these eerie destinations into sites of creation as well, uncovering powerful points of connection. Whether she's relating her experience of motherhood or describing the timbre of Freddy Mercury's voice in "Somebody to Love," she relies on the same reverence for detail, the same sense of awe. And by anchoring her attention to the raw materials of our world--nails and beams, dirt and stone, bones and blood--she discovers grandeur in the seemingly mundane.

Possessed throughout with eclectic intelligence and extraordinary lyricism, these essays illuminate curiosities and momentous events with the same singular light.



Author: Joni Tevis
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 05/19/2015
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781571313478


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2015
Foreword 02/26/2015
Publishers Weekly 03/30/2015
Library Journal 05/15/2015 pg. 84
Kirkus Best Nonfiction 12/01/2015 pg. 44

About the Author
Formerly a park ranger, factory worker, and seller of cemetery plots, Joni Tevis is currently the author of the acclaimed book of essays, The Wet Collection, described by Mark Doty as a "delightful and deeply satisfying book," was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award. Her work has been published in Oxford American, Bellingham Review, Shenandoah, Gulf Coast, and Orion. She currently teaches literature and creative writing at Furman University in Greenville, SC, where she also lives.

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