Like Thunder: Poets Respond to Violence in America

University of Iowa Press, 2002
isbn: 0-87745-792-1

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"People knew that poetry had what they needed in the wake of the September 11 attacks, and they will find both clarity and solace in these fresh, searching, and necessary poems that together create a compassionate and momentous anthology."  --Booklist Starred Review

"Conceived and edited before September 11th, these poems serve as reminders that terrorists are not our only threat.  There are responses to high-profile murderers (Simpson, Koresh, et al.), but the collection's strength rests in a subtle joining of internal and external, depicting violence at a level too often ignored."  --Library Journal

"More than 120 poets, including Campbell McGrath, Judith Vollmer, Martin Espada, and Toi Derricotte remind us that violence is not unique to foreign lands.  Their poems bristle about our violent culture, its roots, and the struggle for justice within families and individuals and nations."  --The Bloomsbury Review

"This is a collection brilliant conceived and executed and profoundly well timed.  Like Thunder is a truly important book for these parlous times."  --Pulitzer prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler

"This is a remarkable collection of work--often disturbing, sometimes shocking, always engaging."  --Gustavo Perez Firmat, author of Next Year in Cuba