"Long awaited and much anticipated, [Collected Poems] is a show-stopping assertion of Lowell's ambition, industry and art." –Carmine Starnino, The Boston Globe
"[The new collection of Robert Lowell's poems] will doubtless stand as The Work . . . Long awaited, richly documented, and, yes, definitive." –
Peter Davidson, The Atlantic Monthly "This wonderfully definitive, long-awaited new edition gives us the full scope of a courageous, tormented, shocking, and brilliant American poet." –
The Washington Post