num_pages: 84
description: In his foreword, McClatchy speaks of the musical qualities of Lindsay's work: "It is impossible, reading her poems, not to hear a musical hand at work. This is not just a matter of delicacy or virtuosity. It is also a matter of knowing how to phrase a line. . . . Lindsay moves from detail to trope with utter poise, with an intuitive sense of what to sustain or emphasize. Her language is crisp. I can pick a stanza at random . . . and praise its plosive energy, its modulated vowels, its variety and élan . . . Where She Always Was allows us . . . the rare gratification of watching a poet-wonderfully accomplished, quietly persuasive-look back on a lifetime's worth of emotions and calculate their bearing on the present. In her craft is the truth."
language: English
title: Where She Always Was
titlecomplete: Where She Always Was (Swenson Poetry Award)
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 15
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: May Swenson Poetry Award
publisher: Utah State University Press