Atomic Ghost: Poets Respond to the Nuclear Age

by John Bradley (Editor)

Gathers poems by Toge Sankichi, Adrienne Rich, Gregory Corso, Denise Levertov, Richard Wilbur, Barbara Kingsolver, Paul Zimmer, Galway Kinnell, Maxine Kumin, and Allen Ginsberg

Genres: Poetry

250 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1994

Reviews

[Kyle Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book. The overall concept is very interesting, and performed quite well. Because it is a compilation of other works rather than a singular author, you get to see many different styles and different takes on the nuclear age. This leads to an overall positive reading experience, however, the mix of poems leaves something to be desired in may, while the best ones stand out among the rest. My personal favorites were: ""Bomb"-Gregory Corso "Wine From Bordeaux"-Sujata Bhatt"The Crab Apple Crisis"-W.D. Ehrhart"Nuclear winter"-Thomas Mcgrath,

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[Harper J · Rating 2 out of 5]

Found this in my University’s library and thought it seemed interesting. Lots of pretentious navel-gazing that seems to be jerking off to its own sententiousness. There’s a few nicely lyrical poems interspersed in here though. Poetry is probably the most subjective medium of art in existence so don’t let my review dissuade you from picking up this book that apparently <20 people have ever read. If this anthology prevents the next Hiroshima from happening then its publication was definitely worth it!

[C · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book really shaped a lot of my thoughts about War and the idea of nuclear proliferation in the world.

It is an excellent collection. One that introduced me to Sharon Doubiago before I had the pleasure of meeting her. Her poem in this collection "Ground Zero" is easily in my to echelon of poems that I have read.

There are so many excellent poems in this collection.

A few photos that really make you examine life post-bomb.

I definitely recommend this one. It is touching. True. Angry. Loving. Beautiful.