THE POETRY HOME REPAIR MANUAL by Ted Kooser ( 9780803259782 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE POETRY HOME REPAIR MANUAL
PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR BEGINNING POETS

By:

Ted Kooser

Format:

Paperback

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£14.99

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ISBN 10:

0803259786

ISBN 13:

9780803259782

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS

Pub. date:

1 March, 2007

Pages:

170

Synopsis:

Ted Kooser has been writing and publishing poetry for more than forty years. In the pages of The Poetry Home Repair Manual, Kooser brings those decades of experience to bear. Here are tools and insights, the instructions (and warnings against instructions) that poets-aspiring or practicing-can use to hone their craft, perhaps into art. Using examples from his own rich literary oeuvre and from the work of a number of successful contemporary poets, the author schools us in the critical relationship between poet and reader, which is fundamental to what Kooser believes is poetry's ultimate purpose: to reach other people and touch their hearts. Much more than a guidebook to writing and revising poems, this manual has all the comforts and merits of a long and enlightening conversation with a wise and patient old friend-a friend who is willing to share everything he's learned about the art he's spent a lifetime learning to execute so well.

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references, index

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Bison Books

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