The Word on the Street

(Farrar, Straus and Giroux) In this book of rock lyrics, Muldoon explores both working-class New Jersey and his Irish roots, among other things.   Accessible and varied —Muldoon takes the reader from Trenton, N.J., to Ancient Rome — some of the songs have been performed by Muldoon’s band, the Wayside Shrines. Muldoon is a Princeton creative writing professor, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, and poetry editor at The New Yorker.