ARTUR SCHNABEL AND JOSEPH SZIGETI PLAY MOZART AT THE FRICK COLLECTION (APRIL 4, 1948) and other poems Paperback – April 3, 2026

The latest poetry collection from Cambridge legend Lloyd Schwartz. Praise for Lloyd Schwartz's PoetryFrom the Citation for the 2025 David Ferry and Ellen LaForge Annual Poetry Prize"A simultaneous delicacy and ferocity of introspection, interiority, and inhabiting of minds thatis intoxicating.... lyrics that spiral into haunting snapshots of fractured lives.... We werefurthermore impressed by your facility in translation, especially in your timely and hauntingversion of the Ukrainian poet Viktor Neborak's 'Fish, ' and the exquisitely lyrical poem, 'TheGardener, ' by the Hungarian poet Attila József."On the title poem of this collection: "So many planes... It's a wonderful poem. I am so happy tohave seen it. It's one of the most dramatic lyrics I think that it's possible to write," HelenVendler, Write America, May 16, 2022On Who's on First? New and Selected Poems: "Full of linguistic play... and a philosophical and satirical urgency," Micah Zevin, Booklist"Humane, artful, erudite complexity overlaid with a kind of humble simplicity-real feeling, realpain and real darkness, held at bay with warmth and wisdom and wit," Sam Cha, ÁrrowsmithJournal"One of the best American poets... While Schwartz is a serious poet, a poet of love and death, apoet unafraid of bleakness, he is also a joyous poet, and at times, a very funny one.," DavidBlair, RevelNina MacLaughlin, "A triumph of a collection.... Schwartz is attuned to the beauty ofconversation, the gaps, the unsaids, and the shimmering moments of union." The Boston GlobeOn Little Kisses: "Some thirty poems that share a common vision of loss, resilience, joy, memory, and buoyantwit," John Kendall Hawkins, Consequence"A major poet with a gentle comic soul," Roger Rosenblatt, Kenyon Review NewsletterOn Cairo Traffic"The master of the poetic one-liner," David Kirby, The New York Times Book ReviewNichlas Everett, "How powerfully verse can still deliver the idioms and nuances of Americanspeech," The Time Literary Supplement Read more