{"product_id":"habitat-threshold","title":"HABITAT THRESHOLD","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHabitat Threshold\u003c\/span\u003e, Craig Santos Perez has crafted a timely collection of eco-poetry that explores his native Pacific Islander ancestry, the ecological plight of his homeland, and his fears for the future.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe book begins with the birth of the author’s daughter, capturing her growth and childlike awe at nature's wonders. As it progresses, Perez confronts the impacts of environmental injustice, the ravages of global capitalism, toxic waste, animal extinction, water rights, human violence, mass migration, and climate change.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThroughout, he mourns lost habitats and species, and confronts his fears for the future world his daughter will inherit. Amid meditations on calamity, this work does not stop at the threshold of elegy. Instead, the poet envisions a sustainable future in which our ethics are shaped by the Indigenous belief that the earth is sacred and all beings are interconnected—a future in which we cultivate love and “carry each other toward the horizon of care.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough experimental forms, free verse, prose, haiku, sonnets, satire, and a method he calls “recycling,” Perez has created a diverse collection filled with passion. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHabitat Threshold\u003c\/span\u003e invites us to reflect on the damage done to our world and to look forward, with urgency and imagination, to the possibility of a better future.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e80 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoftcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Chicag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49747853443309,"sku":"130230","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/6017\/5085\/files\/HABITATTHRESHOLD1.jpg?v=1775174139","url":"https:\/\/thehuntingtonstore.org\/products\/habitat-threshold","provider":"The Huntington Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}