Quantum Lyrics: Poems

This ambitious collection explores the intersection of the infinite world of physics with the perplexities of the human condition. Employing both narrative and cinematic structure, Jordan re-creates the lives of Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, and comic book superheroes--the Green Lantern, the Atom--and also reveals himself in poems of recollection and loss.

Author: A. Van Jordan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 118
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780393333121

Review Citation(s):
Scientific American 06/01/2009 pg. 83

About the Author
Jordan, A. Van: - A. Van Jordan is the author of five collections of poetry. He has been a finalist for the Rilke Prize and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award, and a Lannan Literary Award. He is the humanities and sciences chair of English literature at Stanford University and lives in Oakland, California.