By: Joshua Glenn

10 Radium Age art works in which the Earth’s physical systems inspire awe or dread.

By: William Carlos Williams

“I saw the figure 5 / in gold…”

By: Gertrude Atherton

“He liked women to be strong — but not too strong.”

By: Hirato Renkichi

“BRUU – UNBB”

By: Joshua Glenn

10 Radium Age art works in which unseen forces are diagrammed.

By: Fred C. Smale

“I saw a terrible, scaly head arise from the turmoil…”

By: HILOBROW

Published today by the MIT Press!

By: Gertrude Atherton

“No woman had ever lived who was more completely disillusioned…”

By: Clark Ashton Smith

Immitigable wastes horizonless…

By: Fred C. Smale

“It — draws — life!” he moaned.

By: William Carlos Williams

“The decay of cathedrals / is efflorescent / through the phenomenal / growth of movie houses”

By: Gertrude Atherton

“Somebody else seemed to be looking out of your eyes…”

By: Joshua Glenn

10 Radium Age art works in which the use of color evokes awe-inspiring scientific and technological breakthroughs.

By: D.H. Lawrence

“Men wanted to be like gods…”

By: Fred C. Smale

“Well, to be frank with you,” said he, “there is something supernormal about it.”