{"product_id":"on-the-news-that-sagittarius-a-grows-hungrier-9781771839754","title":"On the News That Sagittarius A* Grows Hungrier","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn late 2019 astronomers discovered that Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy was getting hungrier, consuming nearby matter at a rate never before seen. We humans now dominate every inch of this planet, every ecological niche. We have enslaved every human and every species we find useful, exterminating those we do not--and yet we grow hungrier. We are our own Sagittarius A*.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScientists and activists tell us we are reaching the tipping point, that if we don't change our ways immediately, there will be no return. They are mistaken. That was long ago. We have written our tragedy, and we are playing out the final scene. \u003ci\u003eOn the News that Sagittarius A* Grows Hungrier\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of what makes us human: love, laughter, desire, thought and sorrow, and it is a lament for this world we have consumed, a letter left from our \"insignificant villages ... in a barren land where locks are unknown, \/ because there's nothing to steal,\" so that after we are gone \"If anyone should pass, ... at least we'll still have our names.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicola Vulpe\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Montreal. He completed a doctorate in philosophy at the Sorbonne, and taught in Spain before settling in Ottawa. His poems and translations have appeared in journals such as \u003ci\u003eAlba\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Antigonish Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCarousel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ex-Puritan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Manhattan Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMediterranean Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMontréal Serai\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Slush Pile Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStand Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published a novella, \u003ci\u003eThe Extraordinary Event of Pia H., who turned to admire a chicken on the Plaza Mayor\u003c\/i\u003e, and four previous collections of poetry, including, with Guernica, \u003ci\u003eInsult to the Brain\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThrough the Waspmouth I Drew You\u003c\/i\u003e, which both received Fred Cogswell Awards for Excellence in Poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Guernica Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51615560204562,"sku":"9781771839754","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e533e611-aa4f-47d8-bee9-56b948f2ae6b.jpg?v=1758103179","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-the-news-that-sagittarius-a-grows-hungrier-9781771839754","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}