Nouns & Verbs

<p><strong>A major new collection from one of our best loved most celebrated and most original poets</strong> </p><p>Deeply personal but also expansive in its imaginative scope <em>Nouns & Verbs</em> brings together thirty-five years of writing from Campbell McGrath one of America's most highly lauded poets. Offering a hint of where he's headed while charting the territory already explored McGrath gives us startlingly inventive new poems while surveying his previous work--lyric poems prose poems and a searing episodic personal epic An Odyssey of Appetite exploring America's limitless material and spiritual hungers.</p><p>Nothing is too large or small to remain untouched by McGrath's voracious intellect and deep empathy--everything from Japanese eggplant to a can of Schaefer beer to the smokestacks of Chicago comes in for a close and perceptive look even as McGrath crosses borders and boundaries investigating the enduring human experiences of love and loss. <strong></strong></p><p>A book that stands on its own solid foundation <em>Nouns & Verbs </em>captures the voice and vision of a truly singular poet. <strong></strong></p><p> </p>