Reviews of The Kitchen Sink

“In the hands of a poet like Goldbarth…the whole is so much more than the dribblingly delicious sum of its parts.”

—THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

“Goldbarth’s imagination is nomadic, his curiosity omnivorous, taking him to 17^th century Prague and an encounter with a golem, to Rembrandt’s studio where Gypsy Rose Lee happens to drop in, to the Chicago neighborhood he grew up in. Albert could outtalk and outwit Leno and Letterman, Stewart and Colbert; he’s much funnier than all of them.”

—PARNASSUS

“This long collection is just right for this poet of excess and enthusiasms, always hoping to show, and often showing, how ‘the world// not only works but networks.’”

—✩PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“Albert Goldbarth is a national treasure, one of America’s most original and entertaining poets.”

—SANFORD HERALD

“Goldbarth is one of our most ambitious and remarkable poets, and this generous collection gathers more than 125 of his pieces, ranging from the mythic to the autobiographical, to get at the struggles and small satisfactions of contemporary life.”

—THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

“A collection of collections on a number of levels, dazzling, enlightening, serious, and elegant in its scope and intelligence—and riddled with humor.”

—THE LITERARY REVIEW

“Goldbarth marries emotions, thoughts, and events we never thought to see in proximity to one another; through his genius we rediscover the world's history and our own. No one else now is writing what Albert Goldbarth gives us because no one else can.”

—FREDERICK BUSCH

“Goldbarth’s buoyancy and curiosity make for many richly textured, inventive poems.”

—AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW

“One-of-a-kind poet.”

—THE KANSAS CITY STAR

“Goldbarth’s writing is frequently poetic and almost always interesting and engaging at multiple levels. He is a distinct and unique voice that defines poetry ‘unusually.’ Accept that—indeed, revel in that—and you will no doubt greatly enjoy your time with this book. You’ll learn and think in ways not anticipated, respond with a range of emotion, and will almost never feel disinterested unless you simply tire of the sheer profusion of language.”

—WORLD LITERATURE TODAY

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Reviews of The Kitchen Sink