| Publication | Title | Author | Date | Reaction | Synopsis | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The New York Times | Aki Takahashi, Pianist | Bernard Holland | 1/16/89 | Positive | "...refers to the American poems of Wallace Stevens" | Review |
| The Village Voice | Aki Takahashi | Voice ads | 1/17/89 | Neutral | Article | |
| The Village Voice | In the Loops | Kyle Gann | 2/14/89 | Positive | This was hard-edged than its title connoted, at least in his sister's hands. A spare, diatonic idiom, beginning with merely one line, later adding a quiet bass ostinato, repeated perfect 4ths. | Review |