"Subdued beauty surrounds the reader from the first breath of Joan Siegel's new book, Light at Point Reyes. If there is a Golden Mean, then Siegel has found it, balancing a realistic vision of a starving, brutal, torn world, and the exquisite joy that comes with small recognitions provided by art and human love. In these poems, I felt the power of Wordsworth, the silky lyricism of Debussy, and the centered presence of an artist, like Georgia O'Keeffe." - Diane Wakoski, author of Argonaut Rose