"Ruhl, a celebrated playwright, brings to these poems of lockdown and social unrest the same tender appreciation for resonant absurdities that she puts onstage. 'Poems are good company / when people disappoint, ' she writes; 'people are good company / when poems disappoint.'"–New York Times
"Anyone who went through the last two years–which is to say, everyone–will feel embraced by these pieces."–Washington Post
"Structurally, Ruhl's poems vary in stanza and syllable count, but tonally, they fall in line with the same gentle, inquisitive voice she uses in our interview on Zoom. This softness, however, should not be confused for weakness–her words still pack a punch. It's a trick the collection plays on its readers well; while part one takes a microscope to the menial, part two ("poems written after May 25, the day George Floyd was murdered") reveals how those small moments of life can actually carry a heavy and harmful load. From a less than heartwarming comment from Ruhl's grandmother about going to prom with the only Black boy in the neighborhood to deceptively "innocent" badgering from a white lady at a theater party about her half-Thai husband's dark skin, the second chapter is sobering. It exposes a link between the micro-aggressive moments of discrimination that fuel the overtly violent, knee-on-neck ones."–Observer
"MacArthur-honored playwright/poet Sarah Ruhl's Love Poems in Quarantine shows how small things still matter in times of pandemic and protest."–Booklist
