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The poet's companion : a guide to the pleasures of writing poetry / Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux.
- Title
- The poet's companion : a guide to the pleasures of writing poetry / Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux.
- Author
- Addonizio, Kim, 1954-
- Publication
- New York : W.W. Norton, c1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PN1042 .A35 1997 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Laux, Dorianne
- Description
- 284 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Two accomplished poets and teachers offer a poetry primer that includes short essays on the elements of poetry, technique, and possible subjects for writing, along with writing exercises, tips on getting published, and examples of contemporary poetry.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Poetry
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-271) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Subjects for writing : Writing and knowing ; The family: inspiration and obstacle ; Death and grief ; Writing the erotic ; The shadow ; Witnessing ; Poetry of place -- The poet's craft : Images ; Simile and metaphor ; The music of the line ; Voice and style ; Stop making sense: dreams and experiments ; Meter, rhyme, and form ; Repetition, rhythm, and blues ; More repetition: villanelle, pantoum, sestina ; A grammatical excursion ; The energy of revision -- The writing life : Self-doubt ; Writer's block ; Writing in the electronic age ; Getting published -- Twenty-minute writing exercises -- Appendixes : A. Books on poetry and writing -- B. Anthologies for further reading -- C. Finding markets for your poems ; D. More resources for writers.
- ISBN
- 0393316548 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^96040451^//r98
- OCLC
- 36138321
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library