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Title: The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing by Richard Hugo ISBN: 0-393-30933-9 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: buy it!
Comment: This book will motivate and inspire you. It's a reference that any beginning poet should own and cherish.
Rating: 5
Summary: Law students and teachers should check this out
Comment: An extraordinary book - short, refreshing, and to the point. No words are wasted. Hugo's insights, while directed at students of poetry and creative writing, apply with equal force to other kinds of writing (e.g. my field, legal writing). Highly recommended.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Triggering Town
Comment: The Triggering Town by Richard Hugo is a treasure chest full of tips for creative writers. It is overflowing with the wisdom of Hugo's years as a professor and poet. The book is made up of compiled lectures and essays about poetry and writing. Placed into chapters, these teachings make the book into a type of guide for creative writers. Hugo wrote on his own experiences as a student, professor and writer. He also told how experiences in a person's life could affect that person's writing. For example, Hugo's experiences in the Second World War helped to generate many poem ideas that eventually became poems. Also, he grew up with the perspective that he was outside of society. He called these thoughts or feelings triggers. The triggers will initiate the passion needed to write the poem about the subject.
Richard Hugo taught at the University of Montana and has written 12 books total, a few of which are A Run of Jacks, Death of the Kapowsin Tavern, Selected Poems, and Making Certain It Goes On. However, these books are slightly different from The Triggering Town in that they are books of poems. The Triggering Town isn't the typical "how to" book but instead is somewhat like a guide showing the possibilities. Experienced poets and teachers will find this book delightful, and beginners will find it's help extensive.
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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: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Making Certain It Goes on: The Collected Poems of Richard Hugo by Richard Hugo ISBN: 0393307840 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Claims for Poetry (Poets on Poetry (Paperback)) by Donald Hall ISBN: 0472063081 Publisher: University of Michigan Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1982 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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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: A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver ISBN: 0156724006 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 01 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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