The Straight Line: Writing on Poetry and Poets

by Ron Padgett

Book Overview

The Straight Line brings together memoir, informal talks, autobiographical essays, unconventional book reviews, instructional pieces, imaginative speculations on the nature of reading, and poems about writing. What distinguishes these pieces is Ron Padgett's refreshing sense of humor and the changing, unexpected angles on his point of view. He pokes fun at the concept of "finding one's poetic voice," has a dream conversation with a Russian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472097261
• ISBN13: 9780472097265
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.3"