Dr. Bruce Meyer's broadcasts on CBC's This Morning have taken the nation by storm and caused a major revitalization of the literary classics in Canada. All over the country, in schoolrooms, doughnut stores and coffee shops, people have been meeting to discuss the classics because of these broadcasts. The soon to be released The Golden Thread: A Reader's Journey Through the Great Books by Dr. Meyer is sure to take off following the overwhelming popularity of this, the largest-selling series of cassettes in the history of the CBC! This series, with its humorous, moving and extraordinarily brilliant observations on the Great Books is sure to make an avid reader of you and transform the way you look at both literature and the world around you. This is a "must buy" item for anyone who wants to get in touch with great ideas -- Dante, Virgil, St. Augustine, Milton, More, Machiavelli, Ovid, The Bible, Sophocles and many more.

Annie Finch is one of those rare minds whose generosity of intelligence is well evident in this new collection of essays. She addresses some of the fundamental issues that the New Formalism has raised and looks beyond them with a cogent vision. This book is a must for anyone who wishes to understand the world of contemporary American poetry.

This is a brilliant book. His analysis of contemporary poetry is astute, learned and, above all, readable. I urge everyone who is interested in poetry to read this book. His explanations of the new formalism are as sound and enticing as any offered by other critics. For poetry lovers, this is a must have book.