− Nation 112:86 Ja 19 ’21 240w
“Mr Alfred Kreymborg’s new book is decidedly interesting to read, but it is more often merely interesting than lifting and compact with genuine poetry. Mr Kreymborg is inconclusive; his gestures are tentative; he does not strike fire with sufficient frequency to establish him firmly as an authentic poet.” H. S. Gorman
+ − N Y Times p22 D 26 ’20 640w
“A critic who is unprejudiced and willing to be convinced by the free versifiers will acknowledge that there are one or two poems that are pretty poor. He would probably set aside the book with the comment that Mr Kreymborg has done some things well, but that anybody could do what Mr Kreymborg has done if he would consent to go just a little bit crazy.”
+ − Springf’d Republican p8 N 4 ’20 340w
KREYMBORG, ALFRED.[[2]] Plays for merry Andrews. $2 Sunwise turn 812
The five plays are: Vote the new moon; Uneasy street; The silent waiter; At the sign of the thumb and the nose; and Monday.
“Their unreality and irony are invigorating and real, and Gordon Craig was quite right in considering them as a test for actors. The title should warn the professionals off and attract the amateur.” E. P.
+ Dial 70:108 Ja ’21 40w