“On balance it is easy to accept the primacy Mlinko gives to language, as the book is guaranteed by such an activated and gung-ho verbal intelligence that it is only a question of where its successes will be.”
—Poetry
“Half John Ashbery, half Harriet the Spy. . . . Mlinko is writing down the economically anxious, information-rich, malleable, volatile generation.”
—Believer
“Sharp, entertaining, and engaging. . . . Mlinko’s poetry lives in the present and describes it with a chilling accuracy.”
—New Pages Book Review
“There is a meditative quality to Mlinko’s poetry; it’s an invitation to slow down and let the edges blur. . . . The poems are intricate and subtle in their meaning, musical with a finely orchestrated cadence.”
—The Feminist Review
“Pirouetting beyond fields plowed and sown by Frank O’Hara, John Ashbery, James Schuyler, and Alice Notley, Ange Mlinko is creating her own space in the world of poetry. . . . This may be the Shoulder Season, yet no one has to go slumping through it without a little ecstasy.”
—Galatea Resurrects
“It’s as if [Mlinko] is egging us on to hurry up and live a little.”
—Pleiades
“The poems are at once formally engaged, playful, and disturbing. It’s a wild ride and a great read.”
—Rae Armantrout
