Mehta’s approach to rhythm and rhyme upends traditional verse forms with phrasing that moves like jazz, both against and within established poetic traditions.”
— Publishers Weekly starred review

“Mehta’s work is sophisticated and filled with knockout imagery, lurking empathy, and inventive, joyful-to-read-out-loud language.”
— Bloom

”Mehta, a poet in New York City, induces a staccato rhythm of poetic effusion, darting from insight to insight with the graceful and erratic comportment of one “wandering by accident or design / a way to find your tongue.”
— LitHub

“The collection changes key signatures like a startling symphony”
—Tupelo Quarterly