Full name: The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing

Author: Richard Hugo Year: 1978 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Award winners, Poetry, Essays Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780393309331 9780393338720 0393309339 039333872X

Richard Hugo was that rare phenomenon of American letters--a distinguished poet who was also an inspiring teacher. The Triggering Town is Hugo's now-classic collection of lectures, essays, and reflections, all "directed toward helping with that silly, absurd, maddening, futile, enormously rewarding activity: writing poems." Anyone, from the beginning poet to the mature writer to the lover of literature, will benefit greatly from Hugo's sayd, playful, profound insights and advice concerning the mysteries of literary creation. Similar books: Writing the Australian Crawl by William Stafford Crossing Unmarked Snow by William Stafford You Must Revise Your Life by William Stafford Poemcrazy by Susan G. Wooldridge Writing Poems by Robert Wallace On Poetry by Glyn Maxwell The Practice of Poetry by Robin Behn The Poetry Home Repair Manual by Ted Kooser On Poetry and Craft by Theodore Roethke To Show and to Tell by Phillip Lopate Bluets by Maggie Nelson Madness, Rack, and Honey by Mary Ruefle The Sounds of Poetry by Robert Pinsky Proofs and theories by Louise Gluck Blood, Bread, and Poetry by Adrienne Rich Less Than One by Joseph Brodsky Required Writing by Philip Larkin This Bridge Called My Back by Cherrie Moraga New and Selected Poems: Volume 2 by Mary Oliver Citizen by Claudia Rankine