Praise for Mark Irwin's poetry:

Praise for Against the Meanwhile (3 Elegies):

“ . . . a highly accomplished volume of reflections on entropy and the rituals we use to combat it . . . A writer of acute observational skills and lyrical limpidity.”

   —Patrick Pritchett, American Book Review

Praise for Quick, Now, Always:

“ . . . a jagged, heartbroken, and ecstatic excursus on the late 20th century, a race through troubled paradise.”

   —Randall Watson, Chelsea

“ . . . vibrant and alert, a poetry to contend with, Irwin requires readers to reflect on the fundamental certainty that underliesreason itself . . .” —American Book Review

“Brilliant, Irwin’s intellect and the urgency of his words remain traditionally steadfast.”      

   —Publisher’s Weekly

Praise for White City:

“Irwin is a poet who looks into the world and sees more questions than answers . . . big questions, inquiries that explore the nature of existence, meaning, and reality.”

   —Melissa Studdard Williamson, American Book Review

“Mark Irwin is a splendid lyricist, startling us awake into such moments. White City brims with them, rendered in flexible, inventive, sometimes mysterious language.”

   —Pamela Alexander, Boston Book Review

Praise for Bright Hunger:

“ . . . virtuoso performances . . . an intensity, an urgency about the evanescence of life and the various forces pressing on the human spirit and psyche.”

   —Pamela Alexander, FIELD

New Issues Poetry & Prose, Western Michigan University, Dept. of English,
1903 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5331
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