"Single Bound is a very soulful double collection about the glamour and terrors of being truly singular. Without equal. Utterly alone. What's so fresh and essential about Bryan Dietrich's take on the Superman and Wonder Woman characters, both of whom he so 'gets,' is that it skips the loud civic heroics and the messy private lives of these fantastically well-known subjects, passes over the stuff of comic books and movies, in favor of the artfully quiet and secret stuff. These poems are transporting, pulsing with mystery and wit, eros and empathy; and they're formally beautiful too."

"Bryan Dietrich never fails to delight on each page of Single Bound. His discoveries and insights into the personas of superheroes are deeply felt and intellectually satisfying."

"In Single Bound Bryan Dietrich shows us a poet in his height, presenting a coherent and ambitious vision, challenging our sense of verse and modern myth-making. Reimagining yet consistent within the established mythology of the iconic figures of Superman and Wonder Woman, Dietrich takes us on a journey grounded in both humanity and super-humanity, probing what it means to be alien in the world of men. From the 'Secret Diaries of Lois Lane' and 'www.amazon.com' to 'Several Stories, Single Bound' Dietrich's engaging wit and incisive observations will reshape your look at the potential of these seemingly immutable figures of pop culture. Global, cosmic, humane, and breathtaking, read this collection and wonder!"

"The biggest struggles don't come in tights. This is the crux of Bryan Dietrich's Single Bound. Dietrich uses a masterful combination of forms and personas to offer a multifaceted and multidimensional examination of the two most important American superheroes. But, just like the best superhero stories aren't only about superheroes, this collection is not only about Superman and Wonder Woman. It is not only about Clark Kent and Diana Prince. Humanity sits at the core of Single Bound. In his depiction of these fictional saviors, Dietrich makes us question why humanity wants a savior and, most importantly, why humanity deserves to be saved."

"Bryan Dietrich is some kind of Hermes, transgressing, as he does, all those bounded boundaries in order to mercurially map the terra incognito of tectonic wonder. Think of these souped-up sequences as accumulations of armor-plated, hefty zeppelin thought balloons brooding overhead, equipped with ecstatic cloud-to-cloud lightning, which will never, ever dissipate. These mythic verses are brilliant billboards composed of refracting stars, cursively sky-written, chiseled into the solid blue yonder of severely clear and clairvoyant skies."