By Heart: Reflections of a Rust Belt Bard

by Philip Brady

Book Overview

With a perfect balance of playfulness, humor, and apology, Philip Brady calls himself a bard. But he explains that, before the title became shrouded in mystery, bards were simply teachers, unknown and poor, who gave literal voice to poems through recitations. Woven throughout these twenty essays is Brady's resistance to the academic expectations and settings of poetic instruction, enabling him to elicit the most authentic and surprising responses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621905241
• ISBN13: 9781621905240
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"