Metropolis XXX: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Fitterman's newest book drags Edward Gibbon's historical explorations into the parallel morass of today's mass marketing and consumerism, where Roman Art becomes Airbrush, Roman transportation becomes Bubble Wrap. The third book of Fitterman's long poem Metropolis, Metropolis XXX is composed of "found" text, but unlike many poems of that type it also achieves a sustained and consistent critique of contemporary culture.