"The act of seeing, and seeing as a kind of consciousness, is where Swensen's true project lies. For unlike many poets before her who have practiced the art of ekphrasis by describing or illuminating the visual, Swensen is interested in the representation of representation.... Above all, she is interested in the process and procedures of perception."--Boston Review

"Swensen draws relationships between disparate elements across time, space and discipline with a magician's touch. Her work continues to meditate on the act, and art, of seeing and saying."--Publisher's Weekly

"One of the most assured voices in contemporary poetry."--Library Journal