Review
"He is a delicious love poet, a provocative linguistic banterer, a moving and painful elegist." -- Alicia Ostriker
"The voice is that of an original mind quite (yet quietly) unlike any other: playful, modest, profound." -- Reg Saner
"There can be heard in the poetry of Mark Scott the voice of a young poet of exceptional distinction and promise." -- Richard Poirier
"With an elusive directness making its findings highly readable, this mind/body balance of Tactile Values seems unique in American poetry." -- Reg Saner
“By turns subtly figurative then frank and physical as an open hand, Mark Scott’s poetry is true to its theme... -- Reg Saner
“Mark Scott possess perfect pitch: a conversational music, a feel for dense textures of sound and unpredictable shifts of syntax... -- Alicia Ostriker
“There can be heard in the poetry of Mark Scott the voice of a young poet of exceptional distinction... -- Richard Poirier
"The voice is that of an original mind quite (yet quietly) unlike any other: playful, modest, profound." -- Reg Saner
"There can be heard in the poetry of Mark Scott the voice of a young poet of exceptional distinction and promise." -- Richard Poirier
"With an elusive directness making its findings highly readable, this mind/body balance of Tactile Values seems unique in American poetry." -- Reg Saner
“By turns subtly figurative then frank and physical as an open hand, Mark Scott’s poetry is true to its theme... -- Reg Saner
“Mark Scott possess perfect pitch: a conversational music, a feel for dense textures of sound and unpredictable shifts of syntax... -- Alicia Ostriker
“There can be heard in the poetry of Mark Scott the voice of a young poet of exceptional distinction... -- Richard Poirier
About the Author
Mark Scott was born in Denver, Colorado, and received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University. His work has been published in such journals as Raritan Review, Kenyon Review, Western Humanities Review, Paris Review and Poetry. He lives in Snowmass, Colorado and works at the Rocky Mountain Institute.
