"A beautifully written, impeccably researched biography of a great activist poet whom Kenneth Rexroth called the 'most profound, the most modest, and most moving.'"
Tom Lavoie Shelf Awareness "This biography is the labor of many years and of deep reflection and care... For lovers of Levertov and students of her poetic era and its vast crowd of characters, it ... Read morewill be worth the wait."
David Mehegan Arts Fuse "Levertov's life is intrinsically interesting; stubbornly individualistic, she subscribed to no particular school of poetry... Her influence remains pervasive."
Eric Ormsby Times Literary Supplement "Like a good teacher, a good biographer opens doors or shows us new things in rooms to which we thought we already had access... "A Poet's Revolution" turns the many faces of Denise Levertov's poetry to the light. It's a weighty volume, worth every ounce."
Richard Wakefield Seattle Times "Ladies and gentlemen: the poet is in the world. In more ways than one, now that this new biography of Denise Levertov (author of The Poet in the World) has hit the scene." Poetry Foundation's Harriet Blog "Impressive scope."
Anne Dewey Resources for American Literary Study "A Poet's Revolution is the fullest account to date of key movements in Levertov's life and art: her development as a poet from World War II to the Vietnam War to the political conflicts of the 1980s and 1990s. Hollenberg deftly moves between biographical and historical context and detailed close reading, refracting Levertov's vast body of work" Against the Current Show Less