{"product_id":"the-cloud-that-contained-the-lightning-poems-9780820345642","title":"The Cloud That Contained the Lightning: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eUsing the character of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the \"father of the atomic bomb,\" as a jumpingoff point, \u003ci\u003eThe Cloud That Contained the Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e explores the kinds of ethical choices we face as individuals and as a society with respect to the innovations and inventions we pursue. How are our fears, obsessions, prejudices, and cultures manifested in the ways we apply new technologies, such as the splitting of the atom? What were the attitudes that resulted in such a destructive invention? What prompted it to be used on a nation suspected to already be defeated? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy weaving together the voices of Oppenheimer, his wife and brother, hibakusha (Japanese for \"explosion-affected people\"), and the mythological figures of Cronos and his children, Lowen creates a dialogue out of a vacuum of communication and imagines the kind of exchanges that might have led to a different outcome than the tragedies at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And in an exploration of our tendency for selective amnesia, this collection asks a critical question: How quickly will the forgotten lessons of the past allow us to repeat the tragic chapters of our history?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Lowen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820345642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCYNTHIA LOWEN has an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She was selected for inclusion in Best New Poets 2008 and is a recipient of the Campbell Corner Poetry Prize and a winner of the Discovery \/\u003ci\u003e Boston Review\u003c\/i\u003e Poetry Contest. She served as a screenwriter and producer of the 2011 documentary \u003ci\u003eBully\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40635216494707,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":22.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_af342d83-ca16-4be2-86e5-ce16052ea942.jpg?v=1671810326","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-cloud-that-contained-the-lightning-poems-9780820345642","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}