Remains (Mcsweeney's Poetry Series)

Jesus Castillo has created a sprawling contemporary epic that channels the mighty voices of the past (Virgil, Ezra Pound) into a plainspoken song of our times. In a deft, generous style, Castillo takes hold of the stuff of our everyday lives and converts it into modern manna. The book is lovingly relentless, quietly piercing. It is a terrifyingly r