The Poetry Blues: Essays and Interviews

by William Matthews

Book Overview

In the Poetry Blues, the late William Matthews holds forth on a medley of topics ranging from jazz to nude photography, Byron to Elizabeth Bishop, opera to Emerson. Throughout, Matthews writes about his love of music, language, poetry, and art while illuminating the subtle and important ways in which the things about which he feels passionately help to define and shape him. The book begins with a candid autobiographical essay, followed by an interview...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472097733
• ISBN13: 9780472097739
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.0"