In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys

<p>McGrath [is] a writer who could help save poetry from academia and get the rest of us reading it again.<br />--<em>Outside</em> Magazine</p><p>From the MacArthur Genius Grant and Kingsley Tufts Award winner Campbell McGrath acclaimed author of <em>Shannon</em> comes <em>In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys</em> an electric new collection of poetry. Writing in the poetic tradition of Walt Whitman McGrath captivates with ironic romanticism as he lyrically explores the banality of the everyday--from the decay and transformation of the nation's cities to Shopping for Pomegranates at Wal-Mart on New Year's Day--in poems that entreat us to love what endures amid the detritus of American pop culture.<br /></p>