Troy Jollimore Tom
Thomson in Purgatory
National Book
Reading this book, you are bound to take both Tom Thomson and his
creator
to your heart and to savor the miscellany
of other poems that make up this
superb collection. (Billy Collins)
In the onslaught of new poetry books,
in Purgatory is muscling to the forefront. . . . there's a freshness to it and a sort of
lighthearted
earnestness that bodes well for this poet and his growing cadre of
readers.
(Sheila Farr,
Troy Jollimore
writes a different kind of American poem: brash, funny, driven
by the extravagance of dramatic persona . . . A snappy,
entertaining book.
(James Longenbach, The New York Times Book Review )
Sad and wise and explosively funny in all possible
combinations. . . . Don’t take
this book anywhere laughing out loud would
be indecorous. (James Richardson)
A new and exciting voice in American poetry. (John Freeman,
Chronicle Book Review)
In this reviewer's
opinion, it deserves every prize available. (Aaron Belz,