Trying to Say It: Outlooks and Insights on How Poems Happen

by Philip Booth

As one of Robert Frost's last students, Philip Booth has for more than four decades written poems prized for their clarity and depth. As founder of the Syracuse University Creative Writing Program, he has been a crucial influence in the early stages of such individually distinguished poets as Thomas Centolella, Stephen Dunn, Carol Frost, Brooks Haxton, Larry Levis, Jane Mead, Jay Meek, Susan Mitchel, Barbara Moore, and Lucia Perillo. The New York...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472065866
• ISBN13: 9780472065868
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"