Poetry - A Writers' Guide and Anthology

Poetry: A Writers'' Guide and Anthology is a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry. The authors map out more than 25 key elements of poetry including image, lyric, point of view, metaphor, and movement and use these elements as starting points for discussion questions and writing prompts. The book guides the reader through a range of poetic modes including: - Elegy - Found poems - Nocturne - Ode - Protest poems - Ars Poetica - Lyric - Narrative Poetry also offers inspiring examples of contemporary poetry covering all the modes and elements discussed by the book, including poems by: Billy Collins, Sherman Alexie, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Natalie Diaz, Traci Brimhall, Terrance Hayes, Richard Blanco, Danez Smith, Natasha Trethewey, Mark Halliday, Eileen Myles, Mary Jo Bang, Tracy K. Smith, Ocean Vuong, and many others.>

About the author

Amorak Huey teaches creative writing at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA. He is author of four books of poetry, including Dad Jokes from Late in the Patriarchy (2021). He is co-founding editor of River River Books; he and W. Todd Kaneko also collaborated on the award-winning chapbook Slash/Slash (2021).W. Todd Kaneko teaches creative writing at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA. A Kundiman fellow, he is the author of the poetry books This Is How the Bone Sings (2020) and The Dead Wrestler Elegies, Championship Edition (2023) and co-author with Amorak Huey of the chapbook Slash/Slash (2021).

Product details

• Authors: Amorak Huey, Amorak (Grand Valley State University Huey, W Todd Kaneko, W. Todd Kaneko, W. Todd (Grand Valley State University Kaneko
• Assisted by: Joe Wilkins (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781350020160
• ISBN: 978-1-350-02016-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Bloomsbury Writers' Guides and; Bloomsbury Writers' Guides and Anthologies; Bloomsbury Writers' Guides and; Bloomsbury Writers’ Guides and Anthologies; Bloomsbury Writer's Guides and Anthologies
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; POETRY / General, Poetry, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Language learning: writing skills, Creative writing & creative writing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Poetry anthologies (various poets), LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, Literary studies: poetry and poets