“Mason is by no means a strict nature poet—one of his best-known poems is about helping his aging father go to the bathroom—but it’s hard to overlook his reverence for the physical world in its infinite variety.”
—Leath Tonino, High Country News
for SEA SALT (2014)
“. . . a poet to listen to, and to trust.”
—Kate Hendry, The Dark Horse
“Sea Salt is the real thing: one of our most authentic and accomplished poets at the top of his lyric form.”
—Andrew Frisardi, Angle
for ARRIVALS (2004)
“The language and authenticity of poem after poem provide the pleasure of discovery.”
—W. S. Merwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shadow of Sirius
“Mason is a poet who justifies his claims. His forms breathe.”
—Brian Phillips, Poetry
for THE COUNTRY I REMEMBER (1996)
“This 1,300-line family and national saga is narrative poetry at its best.”
—Publishers Weekly starred review
“Readers, don’t miss this book.”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“This is a work of extraordinary warmth, vigor, imagination, and sympathy.”
—Joyce Carol Oates, author of them and Blonde