“The poems in Wideawake Field reflect Griswold’s ambitious roaming. They take place in Afghanistan and Columbia, in various American cities, in unnamed places, and in places, like Nepalgunj, that you’ve probably never heard of. Their language is stark and straightforward . . . Inevitably, many of the poems describe desolate or tense scenes, brief moments that seem from an outsider’s perspective to be emblematic of struggle in far-off places. In that sense, Griswold’s poetry performs a service as vital as her journalism—it brings the reader up close to realities he might otherwise never confront.”—Amy Rosenberg, Poets & Writers 

“Almost all of Gunn’s virtues are on display [in Boss Cupid]: his playful metrical dexterity, his unflinching celebration both of beauty and of its transience.”—Paul Gray, Time

"Heaney is keyed and pitched unlike any significant poet now at work in the language, anywhere."—Harold Bloom, The Times Literary Supplement