{"product_id":"my-volcano-9781953387165","title":"My Volcano","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a menagerie of characters, as they each undergo personal eruptions, while the Earth itself is constantly shifting. Parable, myth, science-fiction, eco-horror, \u003ci\u003eMy Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e is a radical work of literary art, emerging as a subversive, intoxicating artistic statement by John Elizabeth Stintzi.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn June 2, 2016, a protrusion of rock growing from the Central Park Reservoir is spotted by a jogger. Three weeks later, when it finally stops growing, it's nearly two-and-a-half miles tall, and has been determined to be an active volcano. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the volcano grows and then looms over New York, an eight-year-old boy in Mexico City finds himself transported 500 years into the past, where he witnesses the fall of the Aztec Empire; a Nigerian scholar in Tokyo studies a folktale about a woman of fire who descends a mountain and destroys an entire village; a white trans writer in Jersey City struggles to write a sci-fi novel about a thriving civilization on an impossible planet; a nurse tends to Syrian refugees in Greece while grappling with the trauma of living through the bombing of a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan; a nomadic farmer in Mongolia is stung by a bee, magically transforming him into a green, thorned, flowering creature that aspires to connect every living thing into its consciousness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With its riveting and audacious vision, \u003ci\u003eMy Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e is a tapestry on fire, a distorted and cinematic new work from the fiercely talented John Elizabeth Stintzi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Elizabeth Stintzi \u003c\/b\u003eis a non-binary writer who grew up on a cattle farm in northwestern Ontario. Their work has been awarded the 2019 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, and \u003ci\u003eThe Malahat Review\u003c\/i\u003e's 2019 Long Poem Prize. Their writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, Kenyon Review, Fiddlehead, The Malahat Review, Best Canadian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. JES is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eMy Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVanishing Monuments\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eJunebat\u003c\/i\u003e. They live with their wife in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Two Dollar Radio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50616787271954,"sku":"9781953387165","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_84c227e8-35d4-4ea4-81c8-96b562e2ab84.jpg?v=1765369787","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-volcano-9781953387165","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}