REVIEWS . . . Adam Kirsch. “Young Poets Calling II.” The Modern Element (Norton, 2008). James Matthew Wilson. “Traces of Fugitive Gods.” The Dark Horse (Winter 2007–2008). David Mason. “The Passionate Pursuit of the Real.” Hudson Review (Summer 2005). Dustin Michael. “The Optimist.” Midwest Book Review (July 2005). D.H. Tracy. “Ten Takes.” Poetry (June 2005). Jeannie Kidera. “The Optimist.” Mid-American Review (Spring 2005). D.A. Jeremy Telman. Valparaiso Poetry Review (Spring/Summer 2005). Peter Skinner. “Seventh Annual Look at ForeWord’s Big Ten Picks.” ForeWord (Nov./Dec. 2005). Adam Kirsch. “Among Books: The Lines of the Poets.” New York Sun (Nov. 3, 2004).   PRESS . . . Christophe Fricker. In Larkin Terminal: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen, a collection of personal essays. (Plöttner, 2009). M.C. Bruce (host). Poets’ Café. Radio Pacifica KPFK 90.7 FM (Aug. 2005 and Jan. 2006). John Freeman Gill. “Finding the Verse in Adversity.” New York Times (17 Apr. 2005). Ohio Univ. Press Book News. “Questions and Answers with Joshua Mehigan” (Dec. 2004). ADVANCE PRAISE . . .   Anne Stevenson Andrew Hudgins   Anthony Hecht Thomas Lux   John Hollander James Cummins   |  BUY IT >