Andrew Jarvis

“Komunyakaa’s poems read like meditations. Images flow and weave into elegant narratives.”

“Kingsolver grants strong attention to personal memories and historical images. She also engages nature. Everyone will find poems to enjoy.”

“Forché has created a compelling collection that teaches us how to harness sentiment within our natural and historical world.”

“Bierds writes powerful poems framed by eternal history.”

“Neruda makes us fledgling children in a fascinating world, a world glittered by pure sentiment.”  

“Swift: New and Selected Poems reads like a poetic encyclopedia, a fusion of art, science, mathematics.

“Laux is not afraid of grotesque details. She writes truthfully to engage readers with images we know. She commiserates.” 

“The natural and gritty images paint dynamic landscapes that balance myth and reality.”

When reading the other reviews of Barnett’s Human Hours, one begins to wonder if the reviewers actually read it.

“readers will enjoy its original, ironic, satirical, and often humorous poems.”

Linda Pastan’s new collection, A Dog Runs Through It, is about the poet’s ownership and lifetime admiration of dogs, not only as pets but also as friends and teachers.

The cover of Goat Songs is a goat, a giant goat staring at you with hypnotic eyes and a bulbous nose. It immediately evokes memories of the film the Men Who Stare at Goats.