{"product_id":"9781576876374","title":"Seven American Deaths and Disasters","description":"What are the words we use to describe something that we never thought we'd have to describe? In \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeven American Deaths and Disasters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e,  Kenneth Goldsmith transcribes historic radio and television reports of  national tragedies as they unfurl, revealing an extraordinarily rich  linguistic panorama of passionate description. Taking its title from the  series of Andy Warhol paintings by the same name, Goldsmith recasts the  mundane as the iconic, creating a series of prose poems that  encapsulate seven pivotal moments in recent American history: the John  F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and John Lennon assassinations, the space  shuttle Challenger disaster, the Columbine shootings, 9\/11, and the  death of Michael Jackson. While we've become accustomed to watching  endless reruns of these tragic spectacles—often to the point of  cliché—once rendered in text, they become unfamiliar, and revealing new  dimensions emerge. Impartial reportage is revealed to be laced with  subjectivity, bias, mystery, second-guessing, and, in many cases,  white-knuckled fear. Part nostalgia, part myth, these words render  pivotal moments in American history through the communal lens of media.","brand":"powerHouse Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150272577776,"sku":"9781576876374","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781576876374_p0.jpg?v=1763794362","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781576876374","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}