"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