From the book: Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate of the United States, received the Pulitzer Prize for Delights & Shadows. He edits the weekly newspaper column "American Life in Poetry." Throughout a distinguished writing career, critics have praised his clarity and accessibility and, as The New York Times noted, Kooser has a "genius for making the ordinary sacramental."
Praise for Delights & Shadows
"Delights & Shadows is a book with a deep stillness at its center, perfectly self-contained, yet echoing like a country well."
-The Los Angeles Times Book Review
"That Kooser often sees things we do not would be delight enough, but more amazing is exactly what he sees. Nothing escapes him; everything is illuminated... Highly recommended." -Library Journal
"Kooser is straightforward, possesses an American essence, is humble, gritty, ironic and has a gift for detail and a deceptive simplicity." -Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Kooser is not afraid to challenge us and himself. He brushes poems over ordinary objects, revealing metaphysical themes the way an investigator dusts for fingerprints."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer
"There is a sense of quiet amazement at the core of all Kooser's work." -The Washington Post
