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Early on in this beautiful poetry collection A Hole in the Night, we are told that there is "a field beyond memory and hope." In Lana's words, it is a world infused with warmth, color and vibrancy, a world Van Gogh might have painted. Here, regrets and nightmares live companionably beside the glorious details of daily living: crows, sweet corn, violins, waterfalls, chickens, the presence of Van Gogh's masterpiece The Starry Night, and so much more. Lana's work pays tender homage to her beloved muse and mentor, the late poet Patricia Fargnoli. I read these praise-filled poems and felt blessed to be reminded: "the trees become green again as forgiveness."

—Andrea Potos, author of
The Presence of One Word and Her Joy Becomes