"If readers would like to sample the genius and diversity of American poetry in the last century, there’s no better place to start than The Open Door."

World Literature Today

"A high-wire anthology of electric resonance. . . . The editors arranged these redefining poems by poets of the pantheon and poets overlooked, underrated, or new in pairings and sequences of thrilling contrapuntal dynamics. Wiman’s opening essay is titled ’Mastery and Mystery,’ and those are, indeed, the forces at work here, inducing readers to marvel anew at the strange impulse to write poetry and the profound effort required to do it well."

Booklist

"With this collection, Share and Wiman want only to promote the art of poetry, something they do exceedingly well. Highly recommended."

Library Journal, starred review

"A wonderful anthology. . . . In many ways this is a wonderfully democratic anthology—to get in, you don’t have to be famous, you just need to be good."

National Post

“ If you need to be reminded of the incomparable poems that Poetry magazine published first in its pages, read excellent poetry by an author you might not have discovered yet, or simply remember why poetry is worth loving, this is the book to turn to. You won’t be disappointed.”

Emma Goldhammer | Paris Review

“Surely, the history of American poetry is in this elegant commanding volume. All you need is this one book in the classroom to light the fire.”

Washington Independent Review of Books