The Poet's Notebook
Excerpts from the Notebooks of 26 American Poets
David Weiss editor Deborah Tall editor Stephen Kuusisto editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Published:15th Sep '97
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
The Poet's Notebook brings together excerpts from the working notebooks of twenty-six American poets. Unsystematic, spontaneous, irreverent, intense, witty, unexpected, these notebooks shimmer with reflections, speculations, confessions, quotations, impressions, and ruminations. They create a portrait of the artist as a purposeful gatherer and sifter of every kind of experience.
Included are the notebooks from such distinguished and eclectic voices as Rita Dove, Stephen Dunn, Carolyn Forché, Donald Hall, Garrett Hongo, Joy Harjo, Donald Justice, Yusef Komunyakaa, James Merrill, Mary Oliver, Charles Simic, and William Stafford.
"This is the kind of book in which you'll want to underline a lot. There are good stories here, quirky observations on life and literature, jokes, wonderful quotes, and even passages of sensible advice and wisdom that will delight your grumpiest friends." -- Charles Simic, from his preface to The Poet's Notebook
ISBN: 9780393316551
Dimensions: 211mm x 140mm x 20mm
Weight: 412g
322 pages