Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures

Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
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This is one of the wisest books I've read in years... Â—New York Times Book Review

No writer I know of comes close to even trying to articulate the weird magic of poetry as Ruefle does. She acknowledges and celebrates in the odd mystery and mysticism of the actÂ—the fact that poetry must both guard and reveal, hint at and pull back... Also, and maybe most crucially, Ruefleâ€™s work is never once stuffy or overdone: she writes this stuff with a level of seriousness-as-play thatâ€™s vital and welcome, that doesnâ€™t make writing poetry sound anything but wild, strange, life-enlargening fun. -The Kenyon Review

Profound, unpredictable, charming, and outright funny...These informal talks have far more staying power and verve than most of their kind. Readers may come away dazzled, as well as amused... Â—Publishers Weekly

This is a book not just for poets but for anyone interested in the human heart, the inner-life, the breath exhaling a completion of an idea that will make you feel changed in some way. This is a desert island book. Â—Matthew Dickman

The accomplished poet is humorous and self-deprecating in this collection of illuminating essays on poetry, aesthetics and literature... Â—San Francisco Examiner

Over the course of fifteen years, Mary Ruefle delivered a lecture every six months to a group of poetry graduate students. Collected here for the first time, these lectures include "Poetry and the Moon," "Someone Reading a Book Is a Sign of Order in the World," and "Lectures I Will Never Give." Intellectually virtuosic, instructive, and experiential, Madness, Rack, and Honey resists definition, demanding instead an utterÂ—and utterly pleasurableÂ—immersion. Finalist for the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award.

Mary Ruefle has published more than a dozen books of poetry, prose, and erasures. She lives in Vermont.
Country USA
Brand Wave Books
Manufacturer Wave Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrations
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EANs 9781933517575
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Wave Books
Manufacturer	Wave Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781933517575
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures

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