I am a big fan of Carol Orsborn's books (including "Inner Excellence at Work: The Path to Meaning, Spirit and Success.") It's great to read her in an informal interview with the folks at New Dimensions. They really capture the flavor of her wisdom and advice. All the authors who are featured make an important contribution to the field of spirituality and business. Read this book!

I was interested in this book for a variety of reasons ... it won the rooney prize and wheatley is known as a vicious reviewer in Ireland. I don't write poetry, but I like to read it. But really I thought this were very careful, safe lyrics ... nothing exceptional, no insights, I wouldn't like to say what wheatley would say if he were reviewing the book with his own standards ...overall the arc of the book is a little unispiring too ... a couple of translations which do nothing but prove how what? erudite the poet is supposed to be ...

As someone who's just recently begun to read contemporary Irish poetry (Paul Muldoon, Ciaran Carson, Fred Johnston, John Hughes) I was happy to come across Wheatley's thoughtful and original book. His long poem about the Irish alchemist in Prague is particularly good.

I was very impressed by this book. Wheatley's poems are highly intelligent and show a strong command of language. Looking forward to his next.