From the Attic: Selected Verse, 1965-2015

"From the Attic is a generous selection of the best work of one of the most enjoyable poets in America. Anthony Harrington's light verse has been justly admired for its deft music and biting wit (sometimes directed at himself), but it's also a pleasure to meet deep, insightful, and moving poems in which his skill is no less evident." --X. J. KENNEDY, author of In a Prominent Bar in Secaucus: New and Selected Poems, 1955-2007"In a post-Augustan age, what you need is not epics but epigrams, not poets battened on the endowments of the Mycenas foundation, but a lean satirist, sharpening his quill and dipping it in bitter ink: a modern Martial. Anthony Harrington fits that bill." --A. E. STALLINGS, author of Olives, Hapax and Archaic Smile, from her essay "The Failed Arsonist" in the online poetry journal Light"The attic of Anthony Harrington's mind is a wonderful place to rummage about. What other poet has stashed away so many Jack-in-the-boxes, so many smiles and surprises? Best to enjoy this jumbo box of bon mots at random and at your pleasure. But "The Old Formalist" is more than just an indulgent uncle, tossing out candy for the kids. In The Jerusalem Rooster, The Man in the Goodwill Bin and the uncollected poems, you'll find not only a gifted writer but an admirable human being." --DAN VEACH, author of Elephant Water and Editor of Atlanta Review