Author : Mark Yakich
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501376225
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Poetry: A Survivor's Guide by : Mark Yakich
Download or read book Poetry: A Survivor's Guide written by Mark Yakich and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry: A Survivor's Guide has earned high praise from students, teachers, and readers from around the globe for its playful sincerity and idiosyncratic humor and for its approach to a subject both loved and feared. Updated and expanded, including six new sections, the second edition probes a range of strategies for inspiring students and aspiring poets on the ways poetry relates to their own lives. These include the delights and pitfalls of individual meditation, the complications of identity and appropriation, and the uses and utility of poetry as a tool of social change. The second edition also includes a curated companion website for teachers, students, and aspiring poets that features poetry examples, writing prompts and exercises, and resources for publishing poetry.