Solarium

Reviews / Votes

Best Poetry of 2016, The New York Times

"Zandi's mellow, sometimes deliberately goofy lines ("As loud as cats - and happiness!") can almost fool you into missing the agile intellect that makes this one of the year's strongest first books."
-The New York Times

"A first book made eventful by the weirdness and clarity of Zandi's mind. Poetry is like solitaire: we go to it to pass the time. Zandi reminds us that passing the time is a very serious activity. His balletic inner life belies the gravity at its core."
-The New Yorker

"Zandi's debut collection radiates a fragile warmth in what proves to be an aching and uncommonly ingenious exploration of youth and memory."
-Publishers Weekly Best Poetry of 2016, The New York Times

"Zandi's mellow, sometimes deliberately goofy lines ("As loud as cats - and happiness!") can almost fool you into missing the agile intellect that makes this one of the year's strongest first books."
-The New York Times

"A first book made eventful by the weirdness and clarity of Zandi's mind. Poetry is like solitaire: we go to it to pass the time. Zandi reminds us that passing the time is a very serious activity. His balletic inner life belies the gravity at its core."
-The New Yorker

"Zandi's debut collection radiates a fragile warmth in what proves to be an aching and uncommonly ingenious exploration of youth and memory."
-Publishers Weekly
"Solarium is a completely original gem of a book. I have never met Jordan Zandi, but I would like to, for there is a sweet spirit haunting his guileless poems. His inner world is always interacting with the outer world, and as a result everything seems to be shining."-Henri Cole, author of Middle Earth