Lifting Child From the Ground, Turning Around Quitab Editions Editors Diane Frank

Editors Diane Frank

the maybes and might‑bes of life transformed into what simply (and complicatedly) is

she really means it and when Bach speaks back

precision and ardor

but more cleverly

Lifting Child From the Ground, Turning Around Quitab Editions Editors Diane FrankVirginia Bells Lifting Child from the Ground, Turning Around is a complex look at childhood (our own and those of our children), parenting, old age, our beloved dead, and how we inhabit the faces of everyone who has come before us. Bell captures in poetry the movement of filmslow motion plates, fast forwards, zoom shots, expansive pans, and flashbacks. She draws on such tricks to enhance memory or question it entirely. This poet excels at the