"Parry performs the definitive poetic feat of saying two (or more) things and making them inextricably one." — Seattle Times
"Tacoma Narrows is a beautiful collection, speaking elegantly of love and loss, and the many ways to keep loving through pain." — PoetryReviews.ca
"With their sparrow-like poise in the moment, their tentative self-correcting music, their extreme close-ups of image and emotion, and their combination of wonder and humility, Mitchell Parry's poems constantly remind us that 'there is no flight — / only falling endlessly deferred.' Tacoma Narrows is a brave and exciting collection." — Don McKay
"At first I was swept away by Mitchell Parry's romantic sensibility, the way his imagery flows from the moment outwards, giving that moment an almost mythical luminousness. Then I was struck by the courage behind so many of these poems, the courage to find the richness in loss, to celebrate the importance of feeling deeply, no matter the cost. There's so much to admire in Tacoma Narrows, from its lovely cadences to its bittersweet honesty. These are poems that were lived and loved before being written." — Barry Dempster
"Beauty leans in hard in Tacoma Narrows, wanting a kiss, a glimpse of a 'pale but freckled waist,' a bottle of whiskey, and a 'table round enough for all.' 'Who knew / love could weigh so much?' Parry asks, but in Tacoma Narrows, love is buoyant, an expansiveness borne out in imagery as diverse as sparrows and tattoos, elk and ashtrays, and in lines that sway with the subtle rhythm of two lovers dancing, slowly, as close to each other as possible." — Sharon McCartney
