World On Fire

World On Fire looks at the possibilities for existence in a world where billboards fill the sky and household names rain down with torrential indifference; there is no escape from this “indelible vanishing.” The trick, Charles Bernstein shows us, is to meet the inferno with exhilarating wit and verve, humorous plays on familiar phrasing, and nifty substitutions (‘It’s still the same old lorry’).”. underneath the wry twists, the noir humor, this is in fact a deeply politicized response to the defining event of his city. As the poem “Broken English” asks five separate times in its 27 lines, What are you fighting for? It’s not a joke”— Ron Silliman.