tsunami vs. the fukushima 50: poems

tsunami vs. the fukushima 50: poems

In March 2011, a tsunami caused by an earthquake collided with nearby power plant Fukushima Daiichi, causing the only nuclear disaster in history to rival Chernobyl in scope. Those who stayed at the plant to stabilize the reactors, willing to sacrifice their lives, became known internationally as the Fukushima 50.

In tsunami vs. the fukushima 50, Lee Ann Roripaugh takes a piercing, witty, and ferocious look into the heart of the disaster. Here we meet its survivors and victims, from a pearl-catcher to a mild-mannered father to a drove of mindless pink robots. And then there is Roripaughâ€™s unforgettable Tsunami: a force of nature, femme fatale, and â€œannihilatrix.â€ Tsunami is part hero and part supervillainâ€•angry, loud, forcefully defending her rights as a living being in contemporary industrialized society. As humanity rebuilds in disasterâ€™s wake, Tsunami continues to wreak her own havoc, battling humansâ€™ self-appointed role as colonizer of Earth and its life-forms.

â€œSheâ€™s an unsubtle thief / a giver of gifts,â€ Roripaugh writes of Tsunami, who spits garbage from the Pacific back into now-pulverized Fukushima. As Tsunami makes visible her suffering, the wrath of nature scorned, humanity has the opportunity to reconsider the trauma they cause Earth and each other. But will they look?
Country USA
Brand Milkweed Editions
Manufacturer Milkweed Editions
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2019-03-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781571314857

Country	USA
Brand	Milkweed Editions
Manufacturer	Milkweed Editions
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2019-03-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781571314857

tsunami vs. the fukushima 50: poems

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