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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