"Fairchild's ability not only to choose a story but to pace it and
to reveal its meaning through the unfolding of the narrative is
probably unmatched in contemporary American poetry. The incisive
psychology, the vividly descriptive diction, the large repertoire
of vocabulary, the weightiness of his settings and plots: all these
contribute to the delightful sensation that one is reading,
simultaneously, the best poetry and best prose. I cannot think of
another living poet capable of delivering such pleasure... Not
since James Wright has there been a poet so skilled at representing
the minds and imaginations of ordinary American working
people."
--"The Southern Review"
"With elegance and restrained subtlety, Mr. Fairchild interweaves
topics that become something like musical themes, including the
central theme of machine work... Anyone who can lay claim to the
authorship of this much excellent poetry wins my unqualified and
grateful admiration."
--Anthony Hecht
"In an American culture which has always ignored or disdained class
issues, Fairchild and Philip Levine are the only contemporary
poets... who take work and the working class as their subjects...
Almost throwbacks, like Steinbeck novels or Walker Evans
photographs, Fairchild's poems recover an America from which we
have always turned our heads."
--PN Review (England)
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