Behold - Paperback

by Michael McCarthy (Author), Kimberly Callas (Illustrator)

An inspired synthesis of human anatomy and the architecture of space, Behold lyrically explores how our passing bones are tuned to celestial bodies that keep time in eons. A bestselling author weaves science and spirit, geometry and verse, into an eye-opening origin story linking the cosmos and people. The son of a rocket scientist, he sets off on a vision quest, to chiseled arches in Rome, sky-high sandstone arcs in Utah, and the legendary island of Samos, home to ancient Greek stargazers. Behold is an ode to order. A single family of elegant curves is behind not just heavenly bodies, but the very bones that make us human, the foot and jaw, the cradles of walking and talking. This illustrated poetry book is a hymn to that harmony.

Author Biography

Michael McCarthy is a national bestselling author, whose nonfiction books include The Sun Farmer, Ashes Under Water and The Hidden Hindenburg. His poetry has appeared in prestigious literary journals including The Southern Review and Poetry East. Behold is his first poetry collection.



Kimberly Callas is a multi-media artist, sculptor, and the lead artist of the Social Practice project Discovering the Ecological Self. Her work has been exhibited internationally in galleries and museums.