Poetry. "Just taste. There should not be too much. Fork and bread, tongue and salt. It should fill your dreams and raise the sea. It should be enough." These lines, closing a poem in Nina Lindsay's deft first collection, TODAY'S SPECIAL DISH, are both generous and spare. Lindsay's confident voice manages shifts in tone with astonishing ease. A delight for those who savor nuance, wit, and sensual detail, the poems exhibit an awareness of "the world where we have nothing we don't pay for, dearly," and, at the same time, capture the joy of living.
Author Hometown: Oakland, CA USA
