Hamilton, Ontario-based poet and professor Alexander Hollenberg’s debut book of poetry, Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos, is an ode to living language. It is a poignant, funny, conscientious, and deeply readable collection that hits on a diverse range of topics and themes—from the galactic universe to the banality of mortgage payments, from the insidious creep of technology into our lives, to the ritual of fishing—all the while affirming a vivid enthusiasm for life and an honest, cerebral perspective on living it.

—Matthew Boylan, The Ampersand Review

Discovering a so-far little known voice in contemporary verse that comes preloaded with an abundance of talent and original vision is something to be celebrated, and with Alexander Hollenberg’s Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos, I am more than ready to step up to that plate and broadcast my satisfaction. To plunge into his many leveled world is to be embraced, sometimes with ‘emotion recollected in tranquility’ and sometimes with visions temptingly obscure and slanted with the surreal.

—gordon phinn, Miramichi Reader