As BookSense.com said about his last collection, "Padgett is a wonderful poet who writes poems accessible to the general reader." Long associated with the New York School poets and widely anthologized, Padgett's appeal traverses poetic boundaries and he is able to count among his fans a number of former poet laureates, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E School poets, traditionalists, and younger poets. He is also a favorite of radio hosts Michael Silverblatt (who has interviewed Padgett for Bookworm) and Garrison Keillor (who regularly reads Padgett's love poems on Writer's Almanac).