"Epstein is basically a poet of love and celebration. His greatest strengths are wit and tenderness, a kind of energetic muscularity, and great technical skill." -- Washington Post
"Everything in the world of this poet reveals a cornucopia of hidden surprises, with spiraling processes embracing and infusing all." -- The Chicago Tribune
"There have not been many poet-biographers in this country. Carl Sandburg and John Berryman come to mind.... Daniel Mark Epstein... is part of this select company. He writes not as a poet and biographer but as an amalgam of both." -- The New York Sun