[1] Reviewer John Freeman writes of this collection, "Jollimore injects a much-needed jolt of helium into contemporary poetry.
it's refreshing to see a poet prove you can write mysteriously and coherently at the same time, all while maintaining the belay rope of tradition.
Listen closely to Troy Jollimore, and you will hear Whitman whispering his "barbaric yawp" through a muffled giggle.
[9] The poet Forrest Gander writes of Jollimore's 2021 Earthly Delights, "This engaging and unusual book mixes humor, philosophy, and political ire, drawing repeatedly on film references to examine palimpsestic constructions of the self—the ‘slipping in and out of roles,’ the possibility of two people seeing through a single pair of eyes, the next life that is likewise an earlier life.
Jollimore’s riveting language is both familiar and uncanny, somehow as lean and precise as it is lexically rich.”[10] Author Paisley Rekdal states, “Earthly Delights is full of parentheticals, ellipses, allusions, and contradictions.
They raise philosophical questions about nostalgia and representation, melancholy and pleasure that Jollimore never attempts to resolve, preferring instead to place the reader where ‘everything is / in flux and ungraspable.’ A vibrant, restless, and deeply intelligent collection.”[10] Jollimore's poems have appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The Believer, McSweeney's, and Poetry.
Jollimore frequently discusses contemporary cinema in his work, and has published papers on philosophical issues found in such films as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Big Lebowski, Her, Rear Window, and Vertigo.