Long For This World: New And Selected Poems (Pitt Poetry Series)
“Wallace . . . writes poetry in forms with remarkable ease and eloquence: sonnets, ballades, even a pantoum. . . His Midwest roots in no way diminish his cosmopolitan outlook or his universal vision. Wallace’s poems are by turns fresh, compassionate, whimsical.”--St. Louis Post-Dispatch“Wallace writes poems that simultaneously entertain and educate, offer wisdom without being pretentious, and elevate humor to philosophical heights.”--Free Verse“I read Ron Wallace when I want a shot of pure poetry. Wallace’s poems have the rare ability to be both surprisingly individual and universal at the same time. They take the meat-and-potatoes of everyday life . . . and make them sing in a way that’s both fresh and uplifting.”—Harriet Brown,xxxnewspaper“Wallace’s work is often meditative, sometimes comic, and he has an especially nice touch with the sonnet form, but if this book shows anything, it is the impressively wide range of his talents.”—Dennis Johnson,Mobylives.com