It’s a Big Deal!

"Genuinely funny poets are few and far between; in Canada, there was the great David McFadden. I remember him lamenting, “Well I made them laugh, I wish I could make them cry. Dina Del Bucchia can make you laugh."
—Mary di Michele, Vallum magazine

"Dina Del Bucchia's It's a Big Deal "expos[es] how the... conflicting attitudes [of Christian rhetoric and nihilistic hedonism] underpin so much of modern North American culture."
—Winnipeg Free Press

"There is no poet who writes quite like Del Bucchia – a ventriloquist with a pulse on our time."
—Quill & Quire

"Canadian literature needs more such poets who are willing to be self-referential in this way. Who do not merely throw a temper tantrum at their proximity to the cultural, political and economic forces of capitalism but understand the risk that comes with mounting a poetics that goes beyond simply being mad or angry at the state of things. Del Bucchia’s poems here are a call for such a death knell to sound."
—Canisia Lubrin, Hamilton Review of Books

"[It's a Big Deal!] is a lovely, smart collection to read, especially when every little thing does feel like a big deal."
—Arc Poetry Magazine

"Smart, funny, and a pure delight. I'm going to start giving this to people who don't think they could ever like poetry!"
—Rebecca Rosenblum, Goodreads

"Del Bucchia’s lines brim with great play but they do not disavow the seriousness underpinning the neuroses of our time. This kind of reading is rare and It’s a Big Deal!" —Canisia Lubrin, Hamilton Review of Books