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"[T]ense, hilarious, deeply moving poems [...] Gorrell captures the feeling of anxiety perfectly in this book, one of the best books of American poetry I’ve read in years."
- Michael Schaub, Bookslut, 10.05.09
"What makes Gorrell stand out from others is his range - working in areas as diverse as narrative poems, haiku (sans temple bells and plum blossoms) and science fiction."
- Michael Hessel-Mial, The Wake, 10.02.09
"It’s a book of cycles where the solution to emotional crises, depression and alienation keeps getting sought out online but is never quite found."
- Kaya Oakes, Fanzine, 9.24.09
"Gorrell’s poetic landscapes are vast and intangible. His poems explore outer space, Internet, the mind."
- Steven Tagle, The Rumpus, 9.10.09
"[A]ttractive on many levels: it speaks in the language of twenty-somethings...doesn’t require any knowledge of form or craft really...just asks that the poet be honest and direct."
- Nathan Logan, Gently Read, 9.01.09
"Gorrell mixes humor, personification, and hyperbole to show the narrator's inability to relate to people. [...] A line like 'i want to sleep on a zebra while it gets eaten by a lion' may sound funny, but it shows the narrator's desire for a passive but violent death."
- Marie Mundaca, Hipster Book Club, 8.01.09
"I think this poet has talent (see the 'moose' line)..."
- John Deming, Coldfront Magazine, 7.17.09
"[T]he heart of this collection is in its longing, its desire to be anything but itself."
- J.A. Tyler, Rumble Magazine, 7.12.09
"It's about feeling alone, depressed, anxious and confused in a world where most contact (for some humans) involves a computer screen and a mouse."
- Bookfoolery, 7.11.09
"I recommend [DURING MY NERVOUS BREAKDOWN...] very, very highly."
- Michael Schaub, Bookslut, 7.07.09
"[Gorrell's] minimalist poetry evokes a bored, lonely, and paranoid world in thirty words or less."
- Leor Galil, Bostonist, 7.06.09
[A] lot of surreal, sometimes violent imagery, which i thought was startlingly creative without being 'show-y' or intent on disengaging the reader.
- Megan Boyle, Tom Hanks Super Fan, 6.29.09
"[Brandon Scott Gorrell] and [Ellen Kennedy] are the most talented young poets I've read in years, and their books are stunning."
- Michael Schaub, Bookslut, 6.26.09
"Bret Easton Ellis for the Gmail chat generation."
- Kelley Hoffman, The Pipeline, 6.25.09
[T]horoughly confounding [...] either extremely easy to understand or extremely befuddling [...]."
- Molly Young, We Love You So, 6.23.09
[R]efreshingly honest and stark [...]."
- Alex Bed, It's Nice that, 6.16.09
"I read this book from 'cover to cover' in what I’ll go ahead and say was one sitting. [...] This is poetry without pretense. It is modern and 'real,' and self-deprecating and accusatory at the same time."
- Ryan Brosmer, R-A-B-L-O-G, 6.07.09
"[T]his was the first book of poems I’ve ever read straight through, in one sitting.
- Doug Paul Case, poetry editor of The Emerson Review, 6.06.09
"These poems seem full and extreme in a way that is accurate in reality [...]."
- Colin Bassett, +, 6.05.09
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