What a voice, what a bardic roll. [Stern’s] poetry is a lifelong act of love.
Philadelphia Inquirer

National Book Award winner Gerald Stern’s wistful and lively poems span countries and centuries, reflecting on memory, aging, history, and mortality.

[Stern] has settled into a serenity reminiscent of his old master Whitman… . Yet the appetite’s still on duty.

New York Times Book Review

Stern is … absolutely necessary to living.

Erie Reader