Pax atomica

A collection of eloquent, culturally engaged poems that amount to Campbell McGrath's best book yet. In terza rima meditations, rock-and-roll elegies, and abecedarian lyrics, 'Pax Atomica' documents the tangled romance between self and society 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. 'Pax Atomica' descends into the maelstrom of American culture and emerges singing.