Candy

“Candy is a jawbreaker: impossible to swallow but a pleasure to savor. In its layers are the flavors of Pope, Keats, Frost, Sagan, Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, but it is Dan Albergotti’s astonishing formal acumen, wit, and engagement with sound that make his examination of mortality and the complexities of forgiveness so sweet.” ~Ross White

“Albergotti crafts astute and thoughtful meditations on the imperfectness of life, language, and time, while skillfully displaying his natural ability to breathe new energy into established forms, including the sonnet and the abecedarian.” ~January Gill O’Neil

“Albergotti is one of the best practitioners of the most musical branch of contemporary poetry. His poems always rely heavily on, and use to the fullest advantage, a musician’s ear for the phrase, the line, the stanza, and the close. This is the most accomplished book yet by one of my favorite poets to read.” ~Chad Davidson

“Albergotti sees into things, both darkness and light together, without the slightest quaver, and he does so with unfailing grace. Even the most brooding passages here give forth the strong sense of an acute mind and sensibility at play with the possible shapes of words in concert. The music in these poems—both alluded to and actually present in the lines—impressed me greatly. This is poetry of the highest order.” ~Richard Bausch