Don't Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems
By: Stephanie Burt
3.79
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
“At once erudite and colloquial” (New Yorker), this book provides an accessible introduction to the…
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1. Why Poetry
By: Matthew Zapruder
4.16
Format: 256 pages, ebook
An impassioned call for a return to reading poetry and an incisive argument for poetry’s accessibil… read more
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- poetry
- teaching
- nonfiction
- criticism
- essays
- writing
- literary criticism
2. A Poetry Handbook
By: Mary Oliver
4.22
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
"(...) A Poetry Handbook was written with writers of poetry most vividly in my mind; their needs an… read more
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- poetry
- literature
- nonfiction
- writing
- reference
"A poem on the page speaks to the listening mind."-Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook
"Invention hovers always a little above the rules."-Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook
"The language of the poem is the language of particulars."-Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook
"Whatever can't be taught, there is a great deal that can, and must, be learned."-Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook
3. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
By: Simon Winchester
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
With riveting insight and detail, Simon Winchester crafts a fascinating glimpse into one man's tort… read more
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- nonfiction
4. Michael Tolliver Lives (Tales of the City, #7)
By: Armistead Maupin
2.78
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
Michael Tolliver, the sweet-spirited Southerner in Armistead Maupin's classic Tales of the Cityseri… read more
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5. Significant Others (Tales of the City, #5)
By: Armistead Maupin
4.44
Format: None pages, Paperback
Significant Others, the fifth self-contained chronicle in the Tales of the City saga, is a cunningl… read more
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6. Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult
By: Bruce Handy
4.13
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
An irresistible, nostalgic, and insightful and totally original ramble through classic children s l… read more
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- literature
- nonfiction
- essays
7. Sure of You (Tales of the City, #6)
By: Armistead Maupin
4.00
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
In this, the sixth and final self-contained volume of Armistead Maupin's epic chronicle of modern l… read more
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8. The Hatred of Poetry
By: Ben Lerner
3.71
Format: 435 pages,
No art has been denounced as often as poetry. It's even bemoaned by poets: "I, too, dislike it," wr… read more
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9. The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry
By: Dorianne Laux , Kim Addonizio
3.97
Format: 12 pages, Paperback
The Poet's Companionpresents brief essays on the elements of poetry, technique, and suggested subje… read more
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10. The Solace of Open Spaces
By: Gretel Ehrlich
3.21
Format: 192 pages,
"Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are. We are often like rivers: careless a… read more
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11. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
By: Anna Deavere Smith
3.19
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Anna Deavere Smith's stunning new work of "documentary theater" in which she uses verbatim the word… read more
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12. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
By: Ed Zwick
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more
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- nonfiction
"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
13. One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time
By: Craig Brown
4.26
Format: 642 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret comes a fascinatin… read more
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- nonfiction
14. frank: sonnets
By: Diane Seuss
4.50
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY WINNER OF THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD … read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
"I saw a little movie of a person stroking a small bird with two Q-tips, one held between the forefinger and thumb of each hand. It tipped back its head to receive the minor tenderness, which to the b…"-Diane Seuss, frank: sonnets
15. The Tradition
By: Jericho Brown
4.24
Format: 77 pages, Paperback
Jericho Brown’s daring new book The Tradition details the normalization of evil and its history at … read more
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- poetry
"The opposite of rape is understanding."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"Nobody in this nation feels safe, and I'm still a reason why."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"There is the happiness you have And the happiness you deserve."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"We few left who listen to the radio leave Ourselves available to surprise."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
16. Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World
By: Pádraig Ó Tuama
4.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Expanding on the popular podcast of the same name from On Being Studios, Poetry Unbound offers imme… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
- essays
17. How to Fly in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons
By: Barbara Kingsolver
3.86
Format: 111 pages, Hardcover
In this intimate collection, the beloved author of The Poisonwood Bible and more than a dozen other… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
"Tiptoe past the dogs of the apocalypse asleep in the shade of your future. Pay at the window. You’ll be surprised: you can pass off hope like a bad check. You still have time, that’s the thing. To ma…"-Barbara Kingsolver, How to Fly in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons
18. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
By: Ada Limon
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Published association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
19. Don't Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems
By: Stephanie Burt
3.79
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
“At once erudite and colloquial” (New Yorker), this book provides an accessible introduction to the… read more
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- poetry
- literary fiction
- literature
- teaching
- nonfiction
- criticism
- essays
- reference
- writing
- literary criticism
20. How a Poem Moves: A Field Guide for Readers of Poetry
By: Adam Sol
4.21
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
A collection of playfully elucidating essays to help reluctant poetry readers become well-versed in… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
- criticism
- essays
- writing
21. American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time
By: Tracy K. Smith
4.13
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Selected and with an Introduction by Tracy K. Smith Co-published by Graywolf Press and the Libra… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
- teaching
"This is why I love poems: they invite me to sit down and listen to a voice speaking thoughtfully and passionately about what it feels like to be alive."-Tracy K. Smith, American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time
"This is why I love poems: they require me to sit still, listen deeply, and imagine putting myself in someone else's unfamiliar shoes. The world I return to when the poem is over seems fuller and more…"-Tracy K. Smith, American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time
"These and other tools help poems call our attention to moments when the ordinary nature of experience changes--when the things we think we know flare into brighter colors, starker contrasts, strange …"-Tracy K. Smith, American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time
