The new collection from the author of The Undertaking
Thomas Lynch's poems, essays and stories have appeared in The Atlantic and Granta, Harper's and the Times (of London, New York, Ireland and L.A.) and elsewhere. He has published four poetry collections and a collection of stories, Apparition & Other Late Fictions (published by Jonathan Cape), as well as works of non-fiction, including The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade. He lives in Milford, Michigan and in Moveen, West Clare.
An artist of great gifts, musically elevating and directing the
speaking voice towards a startling power, moving through the
accumulation of detail to give a visionary account of the ordinary
life, doing justice to its terror and comedy. If it remains the
poet's task to say things on behalf of everybody, Lynch shows how
it should be done
*Sean O'Brien*
A poet of great gifts, a humorous visionary
*Guardian*
Like his admired Theodore Roethke, Lynch hails from Michigan - and
like Roethke he can fashion long, singing lines unafraid of the
old, elemental resonances of stars, roses, angels and the Latin
mysteries of his Catholic childhood
*Observer*
Tragic, cryptic, compassionate and amusing, Lynch's poetry moves in
a superb rhythm through the commonplace and the extraordinary
*GQ*
A fine and accomplished poet
*Financial Times*
When roused to anger he can be pretty powerful
*Saturday Guardian*
An artist of great gifts, musically elevating and directing the
speaking voice towards a startling power, moving through the
accumulation of detail to give a visionary account of the ordinary
life, doing justice to its terror and comedy. If it remains the
poet's task to say things on behalf of everybody, Lynch shows how
it should be done -- Sean O'Brien
A poet of great gifts, a humorous visionary * Guardian *
Like his admired Theodore Roethke, Lynch hails from Michigan - and
like Roethke he can fashion long, singing lines unafraid of the
old, elemental resonances of stars, roses, angels and the Latin
mysteries of his Catholic childhood * Observer *
Tragic, cryptic, compassionate and amusing, Lynch's poetry moves in
a superb rhythm through the commonplace and the extraordinary * GQ
*
A fine and accomplished poet * Financial Times *
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