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Atom and Void: Poems

Atom and Void: Poems

Fagan, Aaron

Paperback

Series: Princeton Contemporary Poets

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $17.95

ISBN10: 0691278865
ISBN13: 9780691278865
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: Oct 21 2025
Pages: 72
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.18 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

A collection of wry and fiercely intelligent sonnets from a widely praised poet

Aaron Fagan's Atom and Void is a dazzling and haunting meditation on existence and impermanence. This collection of sonnets delves into the fragility of perception, the boundaries between self and other, and the ways language fractures and recombines to illuminate meaning. Drawing on influences as diverse as physics, art, and philosophy, the poems balance precision with abstraction, creating a space where the reader encounters the immediacy of experience alongside its inevitable fading.

What emerges is a deeply personal yet universal reckoning with the nature of being--its joys, its terrors, and the unrelenting beauty of its transience. These poems do not seek to provide answers but to embody the questions that shape our lives. The result is a work that both disrupts and comforts, holding the reader in a delicate balance of wonder and disquiet. With its thematic range and lyrical precision, Atom and Void is an extraordinary contribution to contemporary poetry.

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