In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's Portable Workshop

Steve Kowit

ISBN 10: 0884481492 / ISBN 13: 9780884481492

Published by Atlantic Books, 2003

*Over 90,000 copies sold*Long an anchor text for college and junior college writing classes, this illuminating and invaluable guide has become a favorite for beginning poets and an ever-valuable reference for more advanced students who want to sharpen their craft, expand their technical skills, and engage their deepest memories and concerns.This edition adds Steve Kowit's famous essay on poetics The Mystique of the Difficult Poem, in which he argues stirringly and forcefully that a poem need not be obscure to be great. Seller Inventory # CIN0884481492VG

Synopsis:

Provides aspiring poets guidance on writing poetry.

Review: "Kowit's guide is delicious.... This guide will inspire even the most reluctant to pull out a pen and some paper."

Kowit really delivers what his title promises, so that reading the book is like taking a workshop with a generous poet willing to share everything he has learned about the creative process and the craft of poetry. Conversational in tone, it reads rather like an informal lecture. Kowit covers a lot of technical material on metrical variations and line breaks and sound, and he balances it by attending to the sources of poetry in dream and emotion, in longing and loss. Although likely to find its largest audience among aspiring poets, Kowit's effort is substantial enough to be of use to more practiced poets and to poetry readers, too.--Patricia Monaghan

This book will excite your imagination.

It will help you unlock your heart and transform what's inside into memorable poetry.

Bibliographic Details

Title: In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's ...
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hardback
Condition: Very Good