{"product_id":"shifting-baseline-syndrome-9780889778542","title":"Shifting Baseline Syndrome","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA satiric and searing collection of poetry obsessed with television, oceans, Jewish history, and time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature isn't dying\u003cbr\u003e it's simply revising\u003cbr\u003e its target audience\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eShifting Baseline Syndrome\u003c\/i\u003e, Aaron Kreuter asks the hard questions: will the Anthropocene have a laugh track? Is it okay to marry your eighteenth cousin? How different would the world look from outside the life-frame of the human? What is it like to have an acid trip in a portapotty? Is it the end . . . of Earth? Of capitalism? Of television? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout Kreuter's sophomore collection, the TV remote is never far. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShifting Baseline Syndrome \u003c\/i\u003eis both searching and searing, veering between satire and sincerity, history and prophecy, and human and non-human worlds. As these clash ecstatically with loathing--and with the end looming--Kreuter demonstrates why we'll keep doing what we've always done: hoping, for once, that the series finale will be good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Kreuter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Regina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Oskana Poetry \u0026amp; Poetics #9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889778542","brand":"University of Regina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713584828553,"sku":"9780889778542","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_0eb9228c-40d6-4f54-9b03-5e36c87cd440.jpg?v=1719616601","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/shifting-baseline-syndrome-9780889778542","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}