Reviews

Mezzanines by Matthew Olzmann

jmta's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.5

xread_write_repeatx's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

gaurang's review against another edition

5.0

what a lovely book! poems of this kind that are so direct to form a visual are fun and this proves it!

thebuugcollector's review against another edition

5.0

this made me cry…five stars

my favorite poems:
- mountain dew disguised as a love poem
- art of the mime: an educational camp for children
- notes regarding happiness
- Sir Isaac Newton’s first law of motion
- revisions
- man robs liquor store, leaves resume
- gas station on second street, Detroit
- For a recently discovered shipwreck at the bottom of Lake Michigan

plantonic_friendships's review against another edition

5.0

"While Scratching My Wife's Back, I Calculate The Distance Between Sky and Earth" is my absolute favorite of many from the collection.

ghost_name's review against another edition

3.0

I liked it. Leave me alone.

Found him through an anthology of poetry. His poem "Letter to the Person Who, During the Q&A Session After the Reading, Asked for Career Advice" is great and I am reminded of it whenever I see an oddly named candle/soap.

Anyway, I liked the book. Will read more of his work.

elleye's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

marydrover's review against another edition

4.0

Yet another fantastic read from AJB. I read this in one go today while I was working, and it was so mesmerizing. The space imagery is just gorgeous, and the way Olzmann interweaves real, physical images with the intergalactic was just so incredible. He doesn’t stop there, either, but continue to explore the world in intimate and beautiful ways.