Post-Atomic Glossaries - by Antony Owen (Paperback)

About the Book

Collecting 15 years of poetry, Post-Atomic Glossaries is Antony Owen's magnum opus, a selection including his Ted Hughes award shortlisted collection, The Nagasaki Elder, alongside selections from every book he has published

Book Synopsis

Collecting 15 years of poetry, Post-Atomic Glossaries is Antony Owen's magnum opus, a selection including his Ted Hughes award shortlisted collection, The Nagasaki Elder, alongside selections from every book he has published, and an impressive range of new poems. The poems that make up this collection explore war, nuclear power, terrorism, the death penalty, genocide, Hiroshima, nuclear weaponry, family life, masculinity, and much more. The poems are, by turns, beautiful, disturbing, uplifting, and heart-breaking. This is a remarkable body of work by an outstanding poet.

Review Quotes

These poems are words on a page, but the way Antony Owen spins them, they have a sheer physicality that is truly remarkable. Few poems evoke for me such strong visual images - and bring such a powerful emotional kick. Sometimes lyrical, sometimes raw, these poems convey what it is to be human, to feel, to live, and to die. From the greatest horror of nuclear Armageddon, to the everyday impact and emotional brutality of war, Owens writes it all. He takes us on a journey of head and heart, wrings us out, and leaves us uplifted and far-seeing.

- Kate Hudson, General Secretary for CND