Do Not Rise

"Beth Bachmann's Temper was the last time [in forty years] I remember reading a first book by a poet so prodigally and—the word that came to my mind was— severely gifted. The new poems in Do Not Rise are a quantum leap forward with all the metaphorical leaps, adumbrations, dizzyings, deft, brief knottings that make the poems in Temper so dazzling.A remarkable young talent, and a scary one."—Robert Hass Visit Beth Bachmann's web site