Look! Up in the Sky!

Diverse and eloquent in turns funny sad and moving these poems draw their infl uence from the Golden Age to the Space Age and beyond. By applying the eternal art of poetry to the universal myth of the superhero the authors offer a strange and pointed look into both our own psyches and our popular culture. Villain hero sidekick it speaks for all of them. As we are each of those things in turn it ultimately also speaks for us. Who knew a poetic commentary on the super could be so human? - Amanda Gannon