Praise

“David Denny’s poems achieve an honesty and plainspoken grace that is distinctly American.”

–Dorianne Laux, Pulitzer Prize finalist, author of Only as the Day is Long

 

“I love the hunger in Denny’s poems—the easy deep talk . . . every poem is an akimbo figure in ten directions . . . what a palette!”

–Juan Felipe Herrera, Poet Laureate of the United States 2015-2017, author of Half of the World in Light

 

“His poems place us in the quotidian California we so habitually take for granted and then slowly reveal its signs, mysteries, and wonders. Denny is a poet who finds the miraculous in everyday experience.”

–Dana Gioia, Poet Laureate of California 2015-2019, author of 99 Poems

 

“Like other poets I admire, Denny is frank and thoughtful. He likes to entertain and provoke.”

–Ron Koertge, author of Vampire Planet & Yellow Moving Van

 

“David Denny is a master of voices and moods . . . he is capable of anything and everything in his fiction, and each story is a testimony to the scope and inventiveness and enormous heart of its creator.”

–Elizabeth McKenzie, Winner of the California Book Award, author of The Dog of the North 

 

“Denny writes about things that matter in resonant, carefully crafted language that any literate person can understand and take pleasure in.”

–Charles Harper Webb, author of Sidebend World & Ursula Lake 

 

“Time and discipline are evident in Denny’s work, and they are balanced by an innate sense of story and a distinct voice that is deeply human and compassionate.”

–BK Loren, author of Theft & Animal Mineral Radical