The Ecstasy of Skeptics, poetry, House of Anansi Press, 1994

Finalist, Governor General's Award, 1995

Simply the most exciting book of poetry published this year.
—Globe & Mail

A sensitively conceived collection strong in poetic form, lyricism and emotion… a virtuoso performance.
—Governor General's Award Jury citation

Heighton has an unfailing sense of rhythm and sound, and his poems surprise with their intelligence and vividness… [but] it's the honesty in these poems that sets them apart, their open lustfulness, grief, or joy, and the ease with which Heighton contrasts this with intellectual reserve.
—Malahat Review

A richly energetic collection.
—Stand (UK)

Poems shaped by a spiritual fierceness… vivid and resonant, alive with a kind of palpable energy.
—Montreal Gazette

The beauty of this young poet's work… stays with you after you put down the book.
—Kingston Whig-Standard

Exciting, complex and often brilliant.
—The Printed Word

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