MAGICAL BREASTS OF BRITNEY SPEARS, THE

By writing so unabashedly about the glitter, the effluvia, the very Britney of contemporary American life, Ryan Van Cleave may have shortened the shelf-life of these poems, but few readers of today will be able to resist his supercharged language and unbound satirical exuberance. -Billy Collins, U.S. Poet Laureate 2001-2003