Praise for Late Wonders
"Not all poets are storytellers, not even close, but all of them wish they were, wish they had a better understanding of how words and images bind spells. Wesley McNair is the author of nine collections of stories in the shape of poems."
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Foreword Reviews "At 81, Wesley McNair, an unassuming, avowedly regional pastoral poet from Western Maine, is writing the best poetry of his life–poetry uniquely capable of, and interested in, addressing our larger moment. Wonders never cease."
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Los Angeles Review of Books "McNair's poems are just sharp enough to open our eyes anew–and just smooth enough for us to think such wisdom arrived by grace alone. His work is melodic...both sanguine and realistic."
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Nick Ripatrazone, The National Review "One of the great storytellers of contemporary poetry."
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Philip Levine, former U.S. Poet Laureate