Barbara Lefcowitz Official Website

“At this point in my writing and reading life, I prefer clarity, conciseness, concrete language and sharp images, and at least an indirect suggestion of a particular point rather than mere word painting. I also value the meld of science and poetry, history and poetry. Which is another way of saying I am no longer interested in confessional poetry that does not reach beyond a person’s broken love affair or neurotic tics. And I adhere to the perhaps outdated belief that poetry must be musical­but without labored rhythms and rhymes.”

– Barbara Lefcowitz

"Wise, witty, dramatic, and daring."
– The Washington Review.

“She is a poet of daring and tough charm.” – Library Journal.

Additional work by Barbara Lefcowitz:
The Luminaries of Marienbad