Reviews of Everything Preserved

“Remarkable debut collection.” —The New Yorker

“A visionary poet.” —Rain Taxi Review of Books

“This is a brilliant book—that is to say there is a shine in the poems—one after another. Read them for an intimate astonishment and hear the heart beat and the mind play in its search.” —Robin Blaser

“Real poets never vanish, their language is reborn to thrill us ‘in the wild zone’. Direct, intimate, magical, ‘honey washed’, Landis Everson’s words ‘purr’ before us. Verbs blush and run around naked. His skills are astutely dressed up, bones become poems. Which are constant and fulfilling, honestly shining in the unity time.” —Joanne Kyger

“Landis Everson’s sudden return comes in a flood of poems written in the past two years. The fresh, accomplished voice at our elbow sounds like that of a major American poet—except that it belongs to none of them. It belongs to Landis Everson.” —John Barr, president of The Poetry Foundation

“These gem-like poems transport us like the mythical fairy rings of old poetry or like a single unfurling circuitous line from youth through 43 years of silence to a rich and discursive present. Landis Everson writes unflinchingly with pathos, romance, bitterness, and understanding. He has managed to keep mystery and belief alive, tuning in postwar radio music from a distant kingdom, sometimes balladic but sprung with big band flourishes behind it. Some things are worth waiting for.” —Peter Gizzi