“...allows us finally to take the measure of his genius: passionate, humane, funny, tragic, and always surprising and mind-delighting.”

"This volume performs a valuable service by drawing together the best of Tate's work from many individual collections, some of them now quite rare. It allows us finally to take the measure of his genius: passionate, humane, funny, tragic, and always surprising and mind-delighting. Not unexpectedly, it confirms his standing as one of the finest voices of his generation - John Ashbery. A poet of mad wit and stunning anecdote. Tate is now in the fullness of his powers. A volume not to be missed"

"allows us finally to take the measure of his genius: passionate, humane, funny, tragic, and always surprising and mind-delighting."

“This volume performs a valuable service by drawing together the best of Tate's work from many individual collections, some of them now quite rare. It allows us finally to take the measure of his genius: passionate, humane, funny, tragic, and always surprising and mind-delighting. Not unexpectedly, it confirms his standing as one of the finest voices of his generation”—John Ashbery. “A poet of mad wit and stunning anecdote. Tate is now in the fullness of his powers. A volume not to be missed”