"Ananda Osel’s chapbook Dispatches from the Third World comes at us with a sense of urgency. The poems, all about his experiences in Thailand, are gritty, unfinished almost. Indeed, as the title suggests, they are “dispatches” sent quickly from author to reader. They ask to be listened to."

--Erin Foran, Poetry Editor, The Wanderlust Review
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"After I finished Dispatches I felt like I had traveled to Thailand without suffering through a day-long flight or adding a stamp to my passport. Osel is descriptive enough that he really does give the reader an honest snapshot of life..."

--Danielle Dreger-Babbitt, Seattle Book Examiner

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"His poem "Black Overcoat One-Way People"...is the kind of self-entitled Henry Rollins fuck-the-system bullshit that automatically makes everyone tired of angry young men and their viciously thin poetry."

--Paul Constant, The Stranger

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"Osel and his work have become the subject of increasing interest due to his distinctive writing style, a sarcastic low-diction free verse approach dubbed Absurd Realism or Absurd Dirty Realism, in part because of it’s combination of minimalist realism, existential absurdism, and black humor....the majority of his work represents some of the most accessible and well written unrhymed free verse I’ve come across..."

--Janet Jonnes, The Beat
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"Osel’s work lives at the logical meeting point of philosophy and Dirty Realism, or minimalism. Not surprisingly, at nearly every turn his work and personal philosophy run antithetical to the prevailing mood of the literary establishment."

"Think one part Husserl, one part Bukowski, and one part tragedy; with a punch in the face to boot."

--Andrew Wright, About.com & Vain

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"I suggest you pick up Osel's book and be introduced to one of the small press' most promising and controversial artists."

--Neil Hirsh, Word Riot Magazine

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"Ananda Osel is a 21st century rebel poet, defining himself and his work in opposition to what he sees as the literary establishment, seeking a poetry that is simple and direct..."

--Margery Snyder, About.com

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"[Ananda's] observations about everyday life stand out in his poetry because they are both reckless and precise..."

--Ali Marcus, Word Riot Magazine