"In characteristically short lines and pithy, slippery language like predictive text from a lucid dream, Zapruder's fifth collection grapples with fatherhood as well as larger questions of influence and inheritance and obligation."–
The New York Times "Funny and a bit kooky in places, Zapruder's poetry might be characterized as affable surrealism. Like Van Meter's and Seeley's memoirs, Zapruder's collection is a book about the self that cares about the reader."– Huffington Post
"What can you expect of a poet who's founder of Verve Press, lead guitarist for The Figments, and cocurator of the esteemed KGB reading series? Diverse and innovative poems that always shake up the reader, surprising and pleasing in equal measure."– Best Poetry of 2006, Library Journal
"Charming, melancholy, hip and at times hopeful, the 21 poems of Zapruder's second collection take on personal subjects and meditate on life in cities and towns, friendship, love and the nature of poetry itself."– Publishers Weekly
"His subjects are, arguably, the eternal elements of poetry, but the way he addresses them is refreshingly modern... Zapruder's poems don't merely attempt beauty; they attain it." – The Boston Review
"Matthew Zapruder has a razor eye for the remnants and revenants of modern culture."– The New York Times