{"product_id":"watch-us-burn-poems-for-a-lost-earth","title":"Watch Us Burn: Poems for a Lost Earth","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGene Twaronite\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of thirteen books, including six poetry collections and seven works of fiction and nonfiction. His first poetry book, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eTrash Picker on Mars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e (Kelsay Books), won\u003c\/span\u003e the 2017 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for poetry. He is a former Writer-in-Residence for Pima County Public Library.\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eA native New Englander, Gene now lives in Tucson, a desert city where, in the words of Wallace Stevens, he found himself “more truly and more strange.” Whether writing about lizards, cacti, trees, or toads—imaginary or otherwise—his relation to the natural world has always been a central part of his writing. He has a B.S. in Natural Resources and a M.A. in Education and taught junior high science in private and public schools.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eTogether with his wife, Jo Kelleher, he established New Hampshire Audubon’s Scotland Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in northern NH, where he sometimes woke up to see a moose munching on his garden. He’s a retired Horticultural Specialist for Arizona State University and a Senior Instructional Specialist for the University of Arizona, where he taught how to create safer, fire-resilient landscapes in this warming new world of increasing wildfires.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; mso-hyphenate: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eFollow more of Gene’s writing at his website:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003egenetwaronitepoet.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 98 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (May 8, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268930367784,"sku":"fpn1787287099706","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/watch-us-burn-poems-for-a-lost-earth_1.jpg?v=1787287105","url":"https:\/\/boldstyleboutique.shop\/products\/watch-us-burn-poems-for-a-lost-earth","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}