Kindest Regards

“Kooser’s greatest assets have long been his generous eye and his way with understatement, two qualities abundantly present in this book of new and selected poems.”—The New York Times

“Routine, which orders the lives of Kooser and his country neighbors, has a monastic intensity in his poems, as the repetition of domestic ritual is embraced, not merely endured.”— The Christian Science Monitor

“[Kooser] will one day rank alongside Edgar Lee Masters, Robert Frost, and William Carlos Williams.”— The Star Tribune

“There is a sense of quiet amazement at the core of all Kooser's work.”— The Washington Post

“Kooser’s ability to discover the smallest detail and render it remarkable is a rare gift.”—The Bloomsbury Review

“[Kooser] brushes poems over ordinary objects, revealing metaphysical themes that way an investigator dusts for fingerprints. His language is so controlled and convincing that one can't help but feel significant truths behind his lines.”— The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Kooser documents the dignities, habits, and small griefs of daily life, our hunger for connection, our struggle to find balance in natural and unnaturally human worlds.”— Poetry