Synopses & Reviews
Review
"The sense of stumbling onto oddly formed treasures holds throughout this simply volume....The influences go beyond poetry and fiction, to the King James Bible, painter Chaim Soutine, and works on architecture, history, and geography....We emerge with new appetite, much as B. H. Fairchild did after reading Moby Dick and The Brothers Karamazov for the first time, 'I walked around in a sort of intellectual daze followed by a hunger that has never left me,' he wrote, 'and has filled my house with far too many books'." Poetry International
Review
"What a fabulous anthology concept! Poet's Bookshelf can top a list of books for recommending to, not just poetry lovers but, those who don't follow poetry but are curious to learn more. For Poet's Bookshelf, by showing how poets are in love with poetry, can make the reader fall in love with poetry, too. This book, also replete with deep insights, is a far more attractive alternative than other anthologies to which people usually turn for poetry introductions." Galatea Resurrects