Incarnation and Metamorphosis

PRAISE FOR DAVID MASON AND HIS BOOKS:

"What makes this grand work of criticism is Mason’s own voice . . . Mason reveals a glorious passion for literature, as well as an almost Whitmanesque openness to the ideas and emotions that inspire creative acts at all levels."—Library Journal  (starred review) on Voices, Places

"Mason expertly weaves the stories of great writers and places both ancient and new together into an imaginative literary odyssey."—Publishers Weekly on Voices, Places

"Mason is a poet who justifies his claims. His forms breathe."—Poetry on The Sound

“Here is a chapter of our lives in cadences that will resonate with anyone who gives them a chance."—Ron Charles, Washington Post Book World, on Ludlow