Where She Always Was

In his foreword, J.D. 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 elan… 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."