The Poetry Lesson

by Andrei Codrescu

Book Overview

"Intro to Poetry Writing is always like this: a long labor, a breech birth, or, obversely, mining in the dark. You take healthy young Americans used to sunshine (aided sometimes by Xanax and Adderall), you blindfold them and lead them by the hand into a labyrinth made from bones. Then you tell them their assignment: 'Find the Grail. You have a New York minute to get it.'"-- The Poetry Lesson The Poetry Lesson is a hilarious account of the first day...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691147248
• ISBN13: 9780691147246
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.6"