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Title: A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver ISBN: 0-15-672400-6 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: January, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.54 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: an inspiring guide to writing poetry
Comment: Mary Oliver's poetry itself can do some teaching on its own, but we can be grateful she's chosen to articulate the writing process so richly in this book. The book will almost certainly will wring some writing out of you; it will also inspire you to examine your work habits and technique. Oliver's intelligence shines through, and will make you a better reader of poetry. Small note on the previous review: Mary Oliver does, indeed, teach, at Bennington College currently. If you can't enroll there, this book is your next best choice.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great for the experienced and uninitiated
Comment: What Oliver manages to do is speak to both the experienced and just-initiated poets. While I've been writing poetry since grade school, I wouldn't truly consider my poet as before reading this book, the most I could tell you about a sonnet was that it rhymed and the most about a haiku is that you had to write it in a certain amount of syllables. Oliver's book is quite an inspiration to get the creative juices following and is quite a manual on the process. Don't get me wrong, Oliver takes care of explaining the technical aspect of the poet's craft, but her book was more of a 'creative matchbox' than a classbook.
Rating: 1
Summary: Too Technical
Comment: I did not like this book. I thought it was too technical. Ms.Oliver stresses the structure of the poem too much.
I know this is important but still it was hard for me to understand. This book is difinitely for an advanced student.
Rosario
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Title: New and Selected Poems by Mary Oliver ISBN: 0807068195 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: In the Palm of Your Hand:The Poet's Portable Workshop by Steve Kowit ISBN: 0884481492 Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Rules for the Dance : A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse by Mary Oliver ISBN: 039585086X Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 27 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Practice of Poetry : Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach by Robin Behn ISBN: 006273024X Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 23 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry by Kim Addonizio, Dorianne Laux ISBN: 0393316548 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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