The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1947896075 ISBN 13: 9781947896079

Publisher: Terrapin Books, 2018

Synopsis

                 The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics               Named a Best Book for Writers by Poets & Writers 
Organized into ten sections with each devoted to a poetic concept, The Practicing Poet begins with "Discovering New Material," "Finding the Best Words," "Making Music," "Working with Sentences and Line Breaks," "Crafting Surprise," and "Achieving Tone." The concepts become progressively more sophisticated, moving on to "Dealing with Feelings," "Transforming Your Poems," and "Rethinking and Revising." The final section, "Publishing Your Book," covers manuscript organization, book promotion, and presentation of a good public reading.
The book includes thirty brief craft essays, each followed by a model poem and analysis of the poem's craft, then a prompt based on the poem. Ten recyclable bonus prompts are also included. Ten Top Tips lists are each loaded with poetry wisdom from an accomplished poet. 
The Practicing Poet pushes poets beyond the basics and encourages the continued reading, learning, and writing of poetry. It is suitable as a textbook in the classroom, a guidebook in a workshop, or an at-home tutorial for the practicing poet working independently. 
The craft essays, poems, and top tips lists include the work of 113 contemporary poets.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Craft Tip and Model Poem Contributors:
Christopher Bakken    Joseph Bathanti    Jeanne Marie Beaumont    Adrian Blevins    Jody Bolz    Traci Brimhall    Sharon Bryan   Lauren Camp    Roger Camp    Richard Cecil    Nicole Cooley    Meg Day    Maggie Dietz    Emari DiGiorgio    Patrick Donnelly   Camille T. Dungy   Peter Everwine    Chris Forhan    Vievee Francis    Jeannine Hall Gailey    James Galvin    Jennifer Givhan   Juliana Gray    William Greenfield    Barbara Hamby    Hunt Hawkins    Cynthia Marie Hoffman    Adele Kenny    Ada Limon    Diane Lockward    Nancy Chen Long   Sandy Longhorn    Thomas Lux    Anne Marie Macari    Ted Mathys    Campbell McGrath Jennifer Militello    John Murillo    Peter E. Murphy    April Ossmann    Alan Michael Parker   Molly Peacock    Marge Piercy   Lawrence Raab    Chelsea Rathburn    Susan Rich    Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers    Pattiann Rogers    Natasha Sajé    Christopher Salerno   Danielle Sellers    Diane Seuss    Betsy Sholl    Martha Silano    Maggie Smith    Mark Smith-Soto    Maxine Susman    Sidney Wade

Top Tips List Contributors:
Ellen Bass     Jan Beatty     George Bilgere     Oliver de la Paz     David Kirby   Dorianne Laux     Alberto Rios     Patricia Smith     Lee Upton     Robert Wrigley

Sample Poem Contributors:
Andrea Bates     Roy Beckemeyer     Libby Bernardin     Elizabeth Bodien     Bob Bradshaw   Nancy Susanna Breen     Luanne Castle    Gail Comorat     Jessica de Koninck     Lynn Domina     Patricia Fargnoli     Ann Fisher-Wirth     Gaye Gambell-Peterson     Megan Gannon   Deborah Gerrish     Patricia L. Goodman     Susan Gundlach     Penny Harter     Shayla Hawkins     Karen Paul Holmes     Jenny Hubbard Tina Kelley     Sheila Kelly     Kim Klugh     Jennifer Kosuda     Joan Mazza     Judith Montgomery     Kathy Nelson    Camille Norvaisas   Rebecca Hart Olander     Linda Parsons     Emily Ransdell     Anjela Villarreal Ratliff     Susanna Rich     Jenna Rindo   Kenneth Ronkowitz   Jennifer Saunders     Penelope Scambly Schott     Carla Schwartz   Carol Seitchik     Martha Silano     Dianne Silvestri     Linda Simone   Denise Utt     Scott Wiggerman     Lisa Young

About the Author

Diane Lockward is the editor of The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop (Terrapin Books, 2016) and the earlier volume, The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop (Terrapin Books, rev. ed., 2016). She is also the author of four poetry books, most recently The Uneaten Carrots of Atonement (Wind Publications, 2016). Her awards include the Quentin R. Howard Poetry Prize, a poetry fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and a Woman of Achievement Award. Her poems have been included in such journals as Harvard Review, Southern Poetry Review, and Prairie Schooner. Her work has also been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, The Writer's Almanac, and Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Terrapin Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1947896075
• ISBN 13: 9781947896079
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 350
• Editor: Lockward Diane