“Despite its political concerns, it stands as one of the most powerful books of poetry so far this year, offering a vision that’s at once personal and communal.”—Time Out New York

“Moving through the Colosseum in Rome, to the Duomo in Florence, to the Louisiana Superdome, Ford shows impressive restraint in reconciling the vast accomplishments and devastations of history, creating an enduring collection of quiet and powerful elegies.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Oracular, beautiful lines…marvelous.”—New Jersey Star Ledger

“As a poet displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Katie Ford speaks in her new book Colosseum with the fragmentary and stunned voice of a survivor…The verse is quiet and measured, lean and spare, honest and affected.”—Rain Taxi Review of Books

“These poems take us as close as an outsider can get, layer by layer, through the artifacts and archetypes of our ruined cities and their inhabitants…Ford’s work is strongly reminiscent of Carolyn Forché’s The Angel of History and deserves the same level of recognition.”—Library Journal

“The elliptical stories, striking imagery, and wide scope offer a collection that is worth more than a glance. It deserves a sitting long enough to mourn and devour each line.”—The Feminist Review

“In Ford’s hands, we feel as though we have stumbled upon a discovery, upon illuminations.” —Gently Read Literature

“A singularly compelling and thought-provoking poetry experience.” —The Midwest Book Review