Since the appearance in print of her early poems over seventyfive years agothe poetry of Janet Lewis has grown in quiet acclaim and popularity. Althoughshe is b... » 

Since the appearance in print of her early poems over seventyfive years agothe poetry of Janet Lewis has grown in quiet acclaim and popularity. Althoughshe is better known as a novelist of historical fiction her first and lastwritings were poems. With the publication of her selected poems Swallow Presscelebrates the distinguished career of one of its most cherished authors.Critics as disparate as Kenneth Rexroth Timothy Steele Theodore RoethkeLarry McMurtry N. Scott Momaday and Dana Gioia have sung the praises of herwork over the decades. Her career as a poet was remarkable not only for itslongevity but also for the fact that even well into her tenth decade she wrotepoems that stand with her very best work.Characterized by the vigor and sharpness of her images and the understatedlyricism that permeates her rhythmic lines. The Selected Poems of Janet Lewisis a survey of modern poetry unto itself. «