{"product_id":"catching-fire-the-los-angeles-wildfires-january-5-thru-february-1-2025-9781513677712","title":"Catching Fire: The Los Angeles Wildfires: January 5 Thru February 1, 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoets and writers explore the devastation of the cataclysmic 2025 fires in Los Angeles, California, penetrating the unfathomable despair of losing everything, exposing the struggle with the ensuing grief, and, through it all, summoning the courage to rise again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFueled by dry conditions and relentless Santa Ana winds rushing over the landscape with speeds upwards of 100 miles per hour, everything bending to the will of the wind, the spark of Los Angeles's January 2025 fires exploded into an unprecedented gut wrenching apocalypse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this superbly curated collection, edited by award-winning L.A. poets S.A. Griffin and Richard Modiano, contemporary poets and writers from L.A. and beyond explore the intense horror of devastating loss, the helplessness of watching from across the country, the grief in the aftermath, and the resolve to rise again together from the ashes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors include: Susan Auerbach, Lin Nelson Benedek, Mary Anne Berry, Michelle Bitting, Laurel Ann Bogen, Lynne Bronstein, Jeffrey Bryant, Mona Jean Cedar, Teresa Mei Chuc, Jeanette Clough, Brendan Constantine, Iris De Anda, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Rich Ferguson, Kathleen Florence, Land Flowers, Kat Georges, S.A. Griffin, Spencer L. Griffin, Susan Hayden, Steve Hochman, jerry the priest, La Rombéeacute;, Tom Laichas, Rick Lupert, Suzanne Lummis, Phoebe MacAdams, Sarah Maclay, kamla maya, Holaday Mason, Ellyn Maybe, Richard Modiano, Bill Mohr, Chris Morris, K.R. Morrison, Majid Naficy, Jim Natal, Harry E. Northup, Cynthia Perello, Puma Perl, Kennon B. Raines, Nicca Ray, Riot Renwick, Marilyn N. Robertson, Beth Ruscio, Cathie Sandstrom, Dan Saucedo, Maryrose Smyth, Mike Sonksen, A.K. Toney, David L. Ulin, jimmy vega, Pam Ward, Dig Wayne, Hilda Weiss, Jessica M. Wilson, Gail Wronsky, and Z.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eS.A. Griffin\u003c\/b\u003e lives, loves, and works in Los Angeles. He has been publishing books, chapbooks, broadsides and recordings on his Rose of Sharon imprint since 1988. He is the winner of the Firecracker Award for \u003ci\u003eThe Outlaw Bible of American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (co-editor), and the first recipient of Beyond Baroque Literary Art Center Distinguished Service Award. Wanda Coleman named S.A. Griffin Best Performance Poet for the \u003ci\u003eLA Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent book of poetry is \u003ci\u003ePandemic Soul Music\u003c\/i\u003e (Punk Hostage Press).\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile a resident of New York City, \u003cb\u003eRichard Modiano\u003c\/b\u003e became active in the literary community connected to the Poetry Project where he came to know Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, William S. Burroughs, and Ted Berrigan. In 2001 he was a programmer at Beyond Baroque Literary\/Arts Center, joined the Board of Trustees in 2006, and from 2010 to 2019, he served as Executive Director. \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e named him as one of 200 people doing the most to promote poetry in the United States. Richard Modiano is the winner of the 2022 Joe Hill Prize for labor poetry and is a Pushcart Prize nominee. His most recent poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Forbidden Lunchbox\u003c\/i\u003e, is published by Punk Hostage Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rose of Sharon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51967016632594,"sku":"9781513677712","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9ebe53d8-e474-486f-b26c-972eb2f00460.jpg?v=1768920284","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/catching-fire-the-los-angeles-wildfires-january-5-thru-february-1-2025-9781513677712","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}