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Title	Atomic ghost : poets respond to the nuclear age / edited by John Bradley ; introduction by Terry Tempest Williams.
Imprint	Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 1995.

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LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS	MESSAGE
OTTERBEIN MAIN COLLECTION	PS595.A84 A66 1995	AVAILABLE

Subject	Atomic bomb victims -- Poetry.
	Antinuclear movement -- Poetry.
	Nuclear warfare -- Social aspects -- Poetry.
	American poetry -- 20th century.
Alt Name	Bradley, John, 1950-

Table of Contents
	Preface / John Bradley
	Introduction / Terry Tempest Williams
	Creation / Benjamin Alire Saenz	3
	Tulum Saw the Coming / Alan Napier	5
	May 28, 1945 / S. L. Wisenberg	7
	High Altitude Photo of Hiroshima (Circa 1944) / Kent Johnson	10
	The Bath: August 6, 1945 / Kimiko Hahn	11
	Questions / Marc Kaminsky	14
	At the Makeshift Aid Station / Toge Sankichi	15
	The Horse / Philip Levine	17
	Land of Little Sticks, 1945 / James Tate	19
	Trilobytes / Kent Johnson	20
	The Shadow / Toge Sankichi	22
	The Fish Dream / John Engels	24
	Sailors Shielding Their Eyes During Atomic Bomb Test, Bikini, 1947 / John Bradley	25
	August 6, 1950 / Toge Sankichi	28
	Uranium / Robert Morgan	31
	For Ethel Rosenberg / Adrienne Rich	33
	But Bird / Paul Zimmer	38
	The Hibakusha's Letter (1955) / David Mura	40
	Early Morning Test Light over Nevada, 1955 / Robert Vasquez	43
	The Planet Krypton / Lynn Emanuel	45
	Bomb / Gregory Corso	47
	Nevada Red Blues / Adrian C. Louis	53
	Watching Dark Circle / Denise Levertov	56
	Trying to Talk with a Man / Adrienne Rich	57
	Advice to a Prophet / Richard Wilbur	59
	The Testimony of J. Robert Oppenheimer / Ai	61
	Oppenheimer / Antonia Quintana Pigno	64
	When the Vacation Is Over for Good / Mark Strand	71
	"The radio talk . . . " / Lorine Niedecker	72
	At the Bomb Testing Site / William Stafford	73
	Vapor Trails / Gary Snyder	74
	N / William Heyen	75
	Mushroom Clouds / John Engman	77
	Harry S Truman Library, Independence, Missouri / Diane Glancy	78
	For Harry S Truman in Hell / David Ray	81
	The Hell Mural: Panel I / Ronald Wallace	83
	Atomic Ghost / John Balaban	85
	Strategic Air Command / Gary Snyder	86
	What the End Is For / Jorie Graham	87
	Directions for Carrying Explosive Nuclear Wastes through Metropolitan New York / June Jordan	91
	Tar / C. K. Williams	93
	Utilities Advertisement in the Wake of Three Mile Island / Gary Metras	96
	The Message / Jeffrey Hillard	97
	Chernobyl / Mary Jo Salter	100
	Wine from Bordeaux / Sujata Bhatt	102
	Eight-Legged Colt, Chernobyl / Jerah Chadwick	105
	Radiophobia / Lyubov Sirota	106
	Country of Origin / Maureen Hurley	108
	In the Shadow of the Poisoned Wind / Jack Marshall	112
	Waiting for the Invasion / Barbara Kingsolver	113
	Late Spring in the Nuclear Age / Andrew Hudgins	117
	The Lightning / James Grabill	118
	Hurricane Season / Edwina Trentham	120
	Dream of the Hair-Burning Smell / Jana Harris	122
	Spuyten Duyvil / Honor Moore	124
	The Cocked Finger / Stephen Dunn	133
	Bringing Zeus to His Knees / Antler	135
	Armageddon / William Dickey	137
	from The Last Fire Feast / Daniela Gioseffi	140
	Rose Bay Willow Herb / Judy Ray	141
	The Garden / Dorianne Laux	143
	A Dream of the Closeness of Venus / James Grabill	145
	When / Sharon Olds	149
	The Way Light Bends / W. D. Ehrhart	150
	The Crab-Apple Crisis / George MacBeth	151
	Why I'm in Favor of a Nuclear Freeze / Christopher Buckley	160
	The Atom Bum / William Greenway	162
	Terminal Colloquy / Charles Martin	163
	Nuclear Winter / Thomas McGrath	164
	Nuclear Winter / Nicholas Samaras	165
	Deeper Than a Dream / Peter Blue Cloud (Aroniawenrate)	166
	After the Neutron / Terrance Keenan	167
	They're Family Men / Ellen Bass	168
	To an Unborn Child / Allan Cooper	170
	Because of Duties, Zimmer Had Forgotten the Forest / Paul Zimmer	174
	from An American Peace / Peter Oresick	175
	Tale Before the End of the World / Maurya Simon	177
	Silence at the End of the World / Amber Coverdale Sumrall	179
	Eating Dinner at My Sister's / David Romtvedt	181
	High Noon at Los Alamos / Eleanor Wilner	185
	A Liturgy for Trinity / Barbara La Morticella	187
	Why I Think About Hiroshima and Nagasaki / Edward A. Dougherty	191
	Hiroshima Day at the Riviera Coffeeshop / Andrea Collins	193
	Welcome to Hiroshima / Mary Jo Salter	195
	The Fundamental Project of Technology / Galway Kinnell	197
	Return to Hiroshima / Lucien Stryk	199
	When We Say "Hiroshima" / Kurihara Sadako	202
	The Garden Shukkei-en / Carolyn Forche	204
	How to Survive Nuclear War / Maxine Kumin	206
	Shadow / Stephanie Strickland	209
	Radiation / Margaret Gibson	211
	Gathered at the River / Denise Levertov	215
	Memorandum / Nanao Sakaki	218
	Origami / Jay Griswold	220
	Another Kimono / Nancy Eimers	222
	Mervyn Clyde Witherup / William Witherup	224
	The Half-Life of Sorrow / Roger Greenwald	226
	War Resisters' Song / Thomas McGrath	229
	Ground Zero / Sharon Doubiago	230
	Black Beauty, A Praise / David Romtvedt	239
	A Vigil at a Missile Silo / Mark Sanders	243
	Plutonian Ode / Allen Ginsberg	245
	Preparing the Nets at New Stuyahok / John Brandi	250
	Opening Day / David McKain	251
	Wahsah Zeh (War Dance) - As Long as the Grass / Joseph Bruchac	253
	Shadow / Patricia Goedicke	263
	Psalm / Peter Huchel	267
	The Lamb of Peace, The Ram of War / William Witherup	268
	Strategies for Survival / Beryle Williams	269
	Prayer for Men and Children / Linda Hogan	272
	Shoulders / Naomi Shihab Nye	274
	An Army of Lovers / Alicia Ostriker	275
	Prayer for Continuation / Susan Griffin	277
	Sunday Afternoon at Fulham Palace / Elizabeth Spires	290
	On the Eve of Our Mutually Assured Destruction / C. D. Wright	293
	Prayer for a Future Beyond Ideology and War / Kelly Cherry	295
	Destruction / Shinkichi Takahashi	297
	Explosion / Shinkichi Takahashi	298
	Simultaneously / David Ignatow	299
	Of Simple Intent / Pamela Uschuk	300
	Green Light / Rolf Jacobsen	302
	Notes on the contributors	305
	Acknowledgements	317
	Index	327

LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS	MESSAGE
OTTERBEIN MAIN COLLECTION	PS595.A84 A66 1995	AVAILABLE

Subject	Atomic bomb victims -- Poetry.
	Antinuclear movement -- Poetry.
	Nuclear warfare -- Social aspects -- Poetry.
	American poetry -- 20th century.
Alt Name	Bradley, John, 1950-
Description	330 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note	Includes index.
ISBN	1566890276 (pbk. : acid-free)
OCLC #	30913407

Table of Contents
	Preface / John Bradley
	Introduction / Terry Tempest Williams
	Creation / Benjamin Alire Saenz					3
	Tulum Saw the Coming / Alan Napier					5
	May 28, 1945 / S. L. Wisenberg					7
	High Altitude Photo of Hiroshima (Circa 1944) / Kent Johnson					10
	The Bath: August 6, 1945 / Kimiko Hahn					11
	Questions / Marc Kaminsky					14
	At the Makeshift Aid Station / Toge Sankichi					15
	The Horse / Philip Levine					17
	Land of Little Sticks, 1945 / James Tate					19
	Trilobytes / Kent Johnson					20
	The Shadow / Toge Sankichi					22
	The Fish Dream / John Engels					24
	Sailors Shielding Their Eyes During Atomic Bomb Test, Bikini, 1947 / John Bradley					25
	August 6, 1950 / Toge Sankichi					28
	Uranium / Robert Morgan					31
	For Ethel Rosenberg / Adrienne Rich					33
	But Bird / Paul Zimmer					38
	The Hibakusha's Letter (1955) / David Mura					40
	Early Morning Test Light over Nevada, 1955 / Robert Vasquez					43
	The Planet Krypton / Lynn Emanuel					45
	Bomb / Gregory Corso					47
	Nevada Red Blues / Adrian C. Louis					53
	Watching Dark Circle / Denise Levertov					56
	Trying to Talk with a Man / Adrienne Rich					57
	Advice to a Prophet / Richard Wilbur					59
	The Testimony of J. Robert Oppenheimer / Ai					61
	Oppenheimer / Antonia Quintana Pigno					64
	When the Vacation Is Over for Good / Mark Strand					71
	"The radio talk . . . " / Lorine Niedecker					72
	At the Bomb Testing Site / William Stafford					73
	Vapor Trails / Gary Snyder					74
	N / William Heyen					75
	Mushroom Clouds / John Engman					77
	Harry S Truman Library, Independence, Missouri / Diane Glancy					78
	For Harry S Truman in Hell / David Ray					81
	The Hell Mural: Panel I / Ronald Wallace					83
	Atomic Ghost / John Balaban					85
	Strategic Air Command / Gary Snyder					86
	What the End Is For / Jorie Graham					87
	Directions for Carrying Explosive Nuclear Wastes through Metropolitan New York / June Jordan					91
	Tar / C. K. Williams					93
	Utilities Advertisement in the Wake of Three Mile Island / Gary Metras					96
	The Message / Jeffrey Hillard					97
	Chernobyl / Mary Jo Salter					100
	Wine from Bordeaux / Sujata Bhatt					102
	Eight-Legged Colt, Chernobyl / Jerah Chadwick					105
	Radiophobia / Lyubov Sirota					106
	Country of Origin / Maureen Hurley					108
	In the Shadow of the Poisoned Wind / Jack Marshall					112
	Waiting for the Invasion / Barbara Kingsolver					113
	Late Spring in the Nuclear Age / Andrew Hudgins					117
	The Lightning / James Grabill					118
	Hurricane Season / Edwina Trentham					120
	Dream of the Hair-Burning Smell / Jana Harris					122
	Spuyten Duyvil / Honor Moore					124
	The Cocked Finger / Stephen Dunn					133
	Bringing Zeus to His Knees / Antler					135
	Armageddon / William Dickey					137
	from The Last Fire Feast / Daniela Gioseffi					140
	Rose Bay Willow Herb / Judy Ray					141
	The Garden / Dorianne Laux					143
	A Dream of the Closeness of Venus / James Grabill					145
	When / Sharon Olds					149
	The Way Light Bends / W. D. Ehrhart					150
	The Crab-Apple Crisis / George MacBeth					151
	Why I'm in Favor of a Nuclear Freeze / Christopher Buckley					160
	The Atom Bum / William Greenway					162
	Terminal Colloquy / Charles Martin					163
	Nuclear Winter / Thomas McGrath					164
	Nuclear Winter / Nicholas Samaras					165
	Deeper Than a Dream / Peter Blue Cloud (Aroniawenrate)					166
	After the Neutron / Terrance Keenan					167
	They're Family Men / Ellen Bass					168
	To an Unborn Child / Allan Cooper					170
	Because of Duties, Zimmer Had Forgotten the Forest / Paul Zimmer					174
	from An American Peace / Peter Oresick					175
	Tale Before the End of the World / Maurya Simon					177
	Silence at the End of the World / Amber Coverdale Sumrall					179
	Eating Dinner at My Sister's / David Romtvedt					181
	High Noon at Los Alamos / Eleanor Wilner					185
	A Liturgy for Trinity / Barbara La Morticella					187
	Why I Think About Hiroshima and Nagasaki / Edward A. Dougherty					191
	Hiroshima Day at the Riviera Coffeeshop / Andrea Collins					193
	Welcome to Hiroshima / Mary Jo Salter					195
	The Fundamental Project of Technology / Galway Kinnell					197
	Return to Hiroshima / Lucien Stryk					199
	When We Say "Hiroshima" / Kurihara Sadako					202
	The Garden Shukkei-en / Carolyn Forche					204
	How to Survive Nuclear War / Maxine Kumin					206
	Shadow / Stephanie Strickland					209
	Radiation / Margaret Gibson					211
	Gathered at the River / Denise Levertov					215
	Memorandum / Nanao Sakaki					218
	Origami / Jay Griswold					220
	Another Kimono / Nancy Eimers					222
	Mervyn Clyde Witherup / William Witherup					224
	The Half-Life of Sorrow / Roger Greenwald					226
	War Resisters' Song / Thomas McGrath					229
	Ground Zero / Sharon Doubiago					230
	Black Beauty, A Praise / David Romtvedt					239
	A Vigil at a Missile Silo / Mark Sanders					243
	Plutonian Ode / Allen Ginsberg					245
	Preparing the Nets at New Stuyahok / John Brandi					250
	Opening Day / David McKain					251
	Wahsah Zeh (War Dance) - As Long as the Grass / Joseph Bruchac					253
	Shadow / Patricia Goedicke					263
	Psalm / Peter Huchel					267
	The Lamb of Peace, The Ram of War / William Witherup					268
	Strategies for Survival / Beryle Williams					269
	Prayer for Men and Children / Linda Hogan					272
	Shoulders / Naomi Shihab Nye					274
	An Army of Lovers / Alicia Ostriker					275
	Prayer for Continuation / Susan Griffin					277
	Sunday Afternoon at Fulham Palace / Elizabeth Spires					290
	On the Eve of Our Mutually Assured Destruction / C. D. Wright					293
	Prayer for a Future Beyond Ideology and War / Kelly Cherry					295
	Destruction / Shinkichi Takahashi					297
	Explosion / Shinkichi Takahashi					298
	Simultaneously / David Ignatow					299
	Of Simple Intent / Pamela Uschuk					300
	Green Light / Rolf Jacobsen					302
	Notes on the contributors					305
	Acknowledgements					317
	Index					327

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