"Beth Bachmann'sTemperwas 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—severelygifted. The new poems inDo Not Rise are a quantum leap forward with all the metaphorical leaps, adumbrations, dizzyings, deft, brief knottings that make the poems inTemperso dazzling.A remarkable young talent, and a scary one."—Robert Hass Visit Beth Bachmann's web site