"Stanley Moss is American poetry's best-kept secret, better known as the innovative publisher of other poets than for his own highly charged, stingingly beautiful lyrics. That should change with the publication of his long-awaited and gorgeous new poems. "—John Ashbery

"Again and again, coming upon a poem of Stanley Moss', I have had the feeling of being taken by surprise. Not simply by the eloquence or the direct authenticity of the language, for I had come to expect those in his poems. The surprise arose from the nature of his poetry itself, and from the mystery that his poems confront and embody, which makes them both intense and memorable. "—W. S. Merwin

`Rejoicing’ is a magnificent, celebratory gathering of Stanley Moss’s poetry from six decades. He is one of America’s finest poets and this collection demonstrates why. Marilyn Hacker wrote of his work, "Its verbal generosity and bravura, its humanity, the quality and quantity of information which it integrates into poetry of the highest order make it a continuing delight", and in Britain John Fuller wrote: "Stanley Moss’s poems are fresh and unpredictable, full of colour and wisdom. As a poetry that engages the philosophical mind it seems characteristically American in its scope and cultural engagement, but there is also the generous warmth of a mind at ease in its body, open to surprises and possibilities."

Stanley Moss was born in 1925. He is the author of several collections of poetry, and is the editor and publisher of `The Sheep Meadow Press’, a non-profit press devoted to poetry. He makes his living as a dealer in old master paintings, and lives in Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York.

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Praise for Stanley Moss' poetry:

"Magisterial . . . this book is magnificent. I've read it several times with greater and greater pleasure. Its verbal generosity and bravura, its humanity, the quality and quantity of information which it integrates into poetry of the highest order make it a continuing delight."-Marilyn Hacker

"A marvelous new collection of poems . . . unthinkable questions, perhaps, but when he formulates them they take on the urgency of common daylight."-John Ashbery

"The poetry of the ages is an argument with God, so it is said; but not many poets attempt it today. Stanley Moss does. In many voices, in lines rugged yet eloquent, in different places and with various leanings, he sings us songs of his unbelievable belief, his unlovable lovesongs of anguish, songs any of us would sing if we could. I find them disconcerting and extraordinarily moving."-Hayden Carruth

"It is time to celebrate the singular beauty and power of Stanley Moss's poetry. . . . The damp genius of mortality presides."-Stanley Kunitz

This is a book made "of experience and high intellect. From the first measured trope to the last haunting moment, in which God equals a question, these poems curse and sing about the blessings and tragedies of personal life. Embracing the larger world, they're also hardy psalms that make me say, Thanks for this important, gutsy collection."-Yusef Komunyakaa

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