Iain McKinnon – Denying Thanatos
Even though he knew something was coming, even though he tried to prepare his family, even though he had bought ...
Even though he knew something was coming, even though he tried to prepare his family, even though he had bought ...
Richard Siken’s "Crush", selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, is a powerful collection of poems...
Even though he knew something was coming, even though he tried to prepare his family, even though he had bought survival equipment and food stores-when it happened he wasn’t ready. Now he is slowly starving to death in a desolated apocalyptic wilderness. He tries to find food and stay warm. He is hounded by his fear of being discovered and haunted by the loss of his family. As the sunless days grow colder and as he grows weaker he is forced to risk more and more for less and less. To survive he has to risk dying-or even worse-getting caught.