'Reading this book and its galaxy of poets is like looking up at the sky and seeing the whole wheeling and constellated universe.'
- Daljit Nagra, author of Look We Have Coming to Dover!
'A fizzing, exhilarating book.'
- Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times
'Carey's delightful survey never takes itself or its subject too seriously. 'Over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been forgotten,' he writes. 'This is a book about some that have not.'
- New York Times
'Generous in its sympathies, inviting in its choices, with a clear emphasis on human stories underpinning poetic achievement.'
- Emma Smith, author of This Is Shakespeare