Bell I Wake To

Bell I Wake To takes a magnifying glass to all living things and gives them a greater meaning and purpose, no matter how small and seemingly insignificant. Crane's vivid and precise language paints beautiful, and sometimes bittersweet, familial scenes while contending with heavy topics like death, loss, grief, and healing.   "From the opening lines of this stunning collection, I am immediately and irrevocably invested in what this speaker has to say, the many worlds and wounds and healings she weaves through bright, immediate, richly developed image, lexicon, and description. The whole of me responds to these poems, the tenderness and unflinching courage wrapped amidst the foliage and wildlife of the speaker's garden. The spareness in the syntax and line juxtaposed with the poignant storytelling of these poems captures my imagination, as the mothering/daughtering strength of Bell I Wake To is immense and fills me with light." --Jenn Givhan, Author of Girl With Death Mask "The poems in