“R Jay Slais is a dynamic poet, whose first collection, Mice Verses Man, is destined to fly from the shelves. Troubadour21.com recommends this book to all those who appreciate outstanding talent and wonderful poetry.”
~ W.B. Burkholder, Troubadour21

“R Jay Slais braids nature with humor and face-slapping reality that allows the reader to feel like a longtime friend. He is adept with language, structure and planting seeds of emotion, and one cannot help but feel lifted by 'January and all its newness is coming.'”
~ Steve Meador, Throwing Percy from the Cherry Tree

“R Jay Slais will turn your mouth into a harp, and with it you'll mourn what's lost always. Here are the deaths of children by disease and drugs, the destruction of a marriage, a world haunted by dead parents, and so much brutally more. At the same time, these poems resist despair, and that clash climaxes in exultant moments of lyrical trembling. It often begins so quietly, in close observations of the quotidian, the mundane, before spreading outward, quickly, in concentric circles soon to enclose you in their world. Such is the pleasure of Mice Verses Man.”
~ Seth Michelson, House in a Hurricane