“Fantastic book!Bart Solarczyk’s on a cosmic Mount Rushmore alongside Brautigan, Bukowski, and Eigner.”—Carter Monroe, author of Journey, The Waffle House Blues, and Sittin’ in with the Sun.

“Poet, Bart Solarczyk does the same thing that Larry Brown did in Southern Lit: break the readers’ hearts, in his case by holding up his broken heart for them to see, wrestling with, at times even bear-hugging his grief. He does so in poems of astounding economy, a form he has mastered. And yet in Carried Where We Go, he manages to balance tragedy with humor, wit, warmth, and the joys of the life he has lived. Solarczyk is the rare poet who gets better every time out. This one may be his best.”—Tim Peeler, author of The Life of Jesus Christopher Duende, Touching All the Bases, and First Season.