The Heavy Lifting: A Boy's Guide to Writing Poetry

by Jeffrey Burghauser

In The Heavy Lifting: A Boy's Guide to Writing Poetry, acclaimed poet and educator Jeffrey Burghauser not only makes a case for poetry-he makes a case for poetry's restoration to the prominence it once enjoyed among the manly arts. In short, pithy chapters, Burghauser guides the aspiring poet through the values, attitudes, and techniques required for a lifelong adventure in language. The Heavy Lifting is at once an instruction manual, a textbook,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BT76WMFY
• ISBN13: 9781943003778
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: New English Review Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"