{"product_id":"pax-atomica-poems-paperback","title":"Pax Atomica: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCampbell McGrath\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"America's epic is the odyssey of appetite,\" Campbell McGrath declares, and these poems track those defining hungers across a social landscape by turns \"grave, risible, amazing, banal,\" cataloging the \"vortex of images in a ruined theater the culture comes to resemble,\" from Rocky and Bullwinkle to \"Blue Angels rampant on a field of static, \/ anthem and flag descending to darkness.\" In terza rima meditations, rock-and-roll elegies, and abecedarian lyrics, \u003cem\u003ePax Atomica\u003c\/em\u003e documents the tangled romance between self and society (\"in which \/ the melody's ampersand ensnares us\") in ways both new and familiar to readers of McGrath's five previous volumes. A continuation as well as a departure for one of America's most highly honored poets, this is poetry of formal eloquence and rhetorical power, of vision and engagement. \u003cem\u003ePax Atomica\u003c\/em\u003edescends into the maelstrom of American culture and emerges singing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9.22 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915336610108,"sku":"9780060758042","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/WG1TMkhUSzhZYXR5RlhZSTR5WmkzUT09.webp?v=1774361605","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/pax-atomica-poems-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}