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How a Poem Moves : A Field Guide for Readers of Poetry

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  • Narrator: Sol, Adam
    Publisher:
    ECW Press, 2019
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Running Time: 05:22 hrs
    Narrator: Adam Sol
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2024
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Sol, Adam
    Date:
    Created
    2019
    Summary:

    A collection of playfully elucidating essays to help reluctant poetry readers become well-versed in verseDeveloped from Adam Sol's popular blog, How a Poem Moves is a collection of 35 short essays that walks readers through an array of contemporary poems. Sol is a dynamic teacher, and in these essays, he has captured the humor and engaging intelligence for which he is known in the classroom. With a breezy style, Sol delivers essays that are perfect for a quick read or to be grouped together as a curriculum. Though How a Poem Moves is not a textbook, it demonstrates poetry's range and pleasures through encounters with individual poems that span traditions, techniques, and ambitions. This illuminating book is for readers who are afraid they 'don't get' poetry but who believe that, with a welcoming guide, they might conquer their fear and cultivate a new appreciation.

    Genre:
    Canadian nonfiction, Literary arts
    Subject(s): Anthologies (multiple authors) | Canadian | Literary Criticism | Poetry
    Original Publisher: Toronto, ECW Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781773054476, 1773054473