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by: William Stafford
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.1
EAN: 9780472873005
ISBN: 0472873008
Label: University of Michigan Press
Manufacturer: University of Michigan Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: July 15, 1978
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Sales Rank: 437765
Studio: University of Michigan Press
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Stafford's advice to beginning poets has become a favorite text in writing programs
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Rating: - A Seminal Work of Poetic Insight
This book of Stafford's essays ranks next to those books -like "The Rescued Year," "Someday, Maybe" or "Oregon Message"- containing his best poems. Here, Stafford muses in his quiet tone and with unassuming wisdom about the essence of writing and teaching poetry.
As he says, "A writer is not so much someone who has something to say as he is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things he would not have thought of if he had not started to say them."
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Rating: - A fabulous dissertation on the craft of writing
William Stafford has a way of writing that makes you feel like a welcome guest in his house. Here he talks in prosaic passages about what is important in writing, how to inspire your own writing, together with examples of his own work.
Reading this book is much like reading Stafford's poetry. The tone is relaxed but captivating, and he makes the task of writing well seem effortless. This book, together with "You Must Revise Your Life," is a fantastic read for writers of any level or ability.
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