“Wiesenthal's collection brings us [Lowther's] voice in its various forms; first in 28 poems that predate her initial publication, then in the poems from her three books and in a multimedia script the editor pieced together, and finally, in 160 pages of late, unpublished work. For this comprehensive selection, the publisher, NeWest Press, and the editor should be commended."
~ Lorna Crozier, The Globe and Mail

“Opening The Collected Works of Pat Lowther is like opening a message from a previous era when poetry mattered. These are poems that in their telling—rich with imagery, sensuality, passion, a need for a better world—do not feel they must hide behind irony, or ‘troubling’ or ‘interrogating’ language, or any of the other cowardly ways of writing. The Collected Works reveals a poet who loved—fiercely, proudly—the female body, the male body, natural and human history, cosmology, the night sky. These poems pulse with a magic that makes the world vivid.”
~ Tom Wayman

“Pat Lowther’s poetry dazzles with its open-eyed clarity, formal precision, and larger-than-life vision. Bravo to Christine Wiesenthal and NeWest Press for bringing this important Canadian poet’s tragically interrupted yet astonishingly ample oeuvre back into circulation so we may celebrate its riches.”
~ Di Brandt