The Bird Hoverer

"The impressive, loopy poems in Aaron Belz's first full-length collection are touched by a raw grace of mind and nimble phrasing. The poems stage deft quarrels with the same pop complacencies that inspire them, as in 'Hidden Microphones,' where the speaker's enthusiasm about surveillance culture overwhelms him and he can't help but exclaim, 'I am all about hidden microphones.' Readers will find themselves rattled, delightfully, as Belz juggles the gods of the past with the gods of celebrity culture—always wired to an ethics of spectacle that resists becoming 'all about hidden microphones.'" —Tony Trigilio, Boston Review
 
"Aaron Belz is out to get you. Get you thinking, get you laughing, get you good. The poems in his first full-fledged collection, The Bird Hoverer, will get to you, too. In other words, they're smart and funny, and also big-hearted." —Marc Kipniss, Jacket
 
"Filled with wild metaphors and imaginative premises, this book turns tradition on its head while parodying Walt Whitman, Ben Affleck, and just about everyone else who crosses this inventive poet's path... Five stars." —Kristina Marie Darling, Rattle