"Ethan McGuire's Apocalypse Dance is a collection of poetry that uses all of history as its subject and all of humanity as its theme. We feel the cold and the warmth of his textured images and recognize the sentiment behind each word, whether he speaks of ancient times or of his American hometown. McGuire's love of music seeps into his poems and gives them depth and dimension. His words read like lyrics--rich with detail, raw with emotion, and ripe with meaning."

--Jeannie Zokan, author of The Existence of Pity

"Apocalypse Dance is indeed always dancing. It dances with Christianity, Taoism, and Buddhism. It dances through spiritual geography, through relationship issues (with God and others), through reworkings of song lyrics and translations from Classical Chinese. It is always thrumming with the passionate fascination McGuire brings to all he captures."

--Aaron Poochigian, author of Mr. Either/Or

"Ethan McGuire's debut work of poetry, Apocalypse Dance, is a beautiful collection of short poems that sings to the heart and soul of the human condition. A splendid book which features how poems of all sizes can be beautiful, the reader is entreated to couplets, tercets, quatrains, and sonnets that make the reader want to sing and dance with what they are reading. The gentle reader might just be welcomed into eternity with the poems that Ethan McGuire has decided to share with the world."

--Paul Krause, editor of VoegelinView

"These are honest, heartfelt poems. Inspired by ancient writers, modern-day musicians, friendship, love, and the sheer strangeness of daily life, they ask clear-eyed questions about 'what has been, what is, will be.' McGuire avoids easy solace in his answers, instead working toward conclusions that are less certain and more true. He's also willing to be playful, keeping us on the hook with variations in mood and form. Whether deftly translating a Song dynasty sage, attentively cataloguing a hurricane's aftermath, or quietly noting his exact distance from home, this is a poet who is always writing for one simple reason: his love of poetry."

--Alice Allan, host of Poetry Says

"Ethan McGuire's poetry and writings have been thought provoking and a joy to read over the years. He began contributing to Fevers of the Mind six years ago. I have seen him grow in his comfort with imagery to become one of the most intelligent wordsmiths in the game. Ethan's influences are shown through the many wonderful lyricists that influence so many: Leonard Cohen, C. S. Lewis, Sylvia Plath, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, other prophets of word. Ethan's vast knowledge of history and the issues of the current day put you in the moment."

--David L. O'Nan, publisher, Fevers of the Mind website