The folk days are gone and Buffy in a way is a ghost from its halycon—but as poetess Denise Levertov has matured with her contact with the Amerika she is living in … so has Miss Sainte-Marie adjusted, as [She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina] reflects.

Gary Von Tersch, "Records: 'She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina'," in Rolling Stone (by Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. © 1971; all rights reserved; reprinted by permission), Issue 84, June 10, 1971, p. 44.