"Somewhere between the joyous ecstasies of Rumi and the sweet and sometimes doleful observations of Whitman, there's a spot on the continuum of poetry where Max Garland sits and says his luscious, witty, remarkable poems. He gives us the it at the heart of existence, which for all but the finest of artists is all-too-often unreachable." —Robert Wrigley
"Each poem is a gift of seeing, a gift of reflection, a mirror for the holy. We, as readers, get to taste what language can do when it melts into our tongues, flavors our lives." —Kao Kalia Yang author of The Late Homecomer
"Garland's long-limbed, resonant poems beg to be read aloud. Accessible, finely intelligent, laced with good humor, this is his best collection yet." —David Graham, author of Stutter Monk