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The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing
Richard Hugo
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Description for The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing
Paperback. "I don't know why we do it. We must be crazy./Welcome, fellow poet."-Richard Hugo Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: CBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
Richard Hugo, whom Carolyn Kizer called “one of the most passionate, energetic and honest poets living,” was that rare phenomenon—a distinguished poet who was also an inspiring teacher. The Triggering Town is Hugo’s classic collection of lectures, essays, and reflections, all “directed toward helping with that silly, absurd, maddening, futile, enormously rewarding activity: writing poems.” From pieces that include “Writing off the Subject” and “How Poets Make a Living,” anyone, from the beginning poet to the mature writer to the lover of literature, will benefit greatly from Hugo’s playful and profound insights into the mysteries of literary creation.
Richard Hugo, whom Carolyn Kizer called “one of the most passionate, energetic and honest poets living,” was that rare phenomenon—a distinguished poet who was also an inspiring teacher. The Triggering Town is Hugo’s classic collection of lectures, essays, and reflections, all “directed toward helping with that silly, absurd, maddening, futile, enormously rewarding activity: writing poems.” From pieces that include “Writing off the Subject” and “How Poets Make a Living,” anyone, from the beginning poet to the mature writer to the lover of literature, will benefit greatly from Hugo’s playful and profound insights into the mysteries of literary creation.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393338720
SKU
V9780393338720
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About Richard Hugo
Richard Hugo was for many years the director of the creative writing program at the University of Montana, Missoula Campus. He received the Theodore Roethke Memorial Prize and was twice nominated for the National Book Award.
Reviews for The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing
"Richard Hugo’s free-swinging, go-for-it remarks on poetry and the teaching of poetry are exactly what are needed in classrooms and in the world."
James Dickey, author of Deliverance "Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, and an ear for language, and a bit of imagination could become a writer."
James Welch, author of Fools ... Read more
James Dickey, author of Deliverance "Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, and an ear for language, and a bit of imagination could become a writer."
James Welch, author of Fools ... Read more