By Mark Doty
Nationwide booklet Award winner Mark Doty's first prose ebook at the craft of poetry—an finally relocating argument for the primacy of our senses.
"It feels like an easy factor, to assert what you see," Mark Doty starts off. "But try and locate phrases for the colours of a mottled sassafras leaf, or the reflectivity of a bay on an August morning, or the very beginnings of hope stirring within the gaze of somebody having a look correct into your eyes. . . . " How the author strikes belief to snapshot and eventually to written note is on the middle of any literary paintings. during this vibrant meditation in this crucial point of the writer's craft, Doty reveals shelter within the sensory adventure present in poems by way of Blake, Whitman, Bishop, and others. In transparent chapter-essays and a colourful abecedarian series, The paintings of Description is a useful publication by means of certainly one of America's such a lot respected writers and lecturers.
“Who will be extra prominent for his shiny accuracies than Mark Doty? whatever he writes related to poetry is worthy a reader’s time and, with The paintings of Description, he’s enjoying on domestic floor. . . . dependent and instructive.”—The Literary Review
[A] gem . . . one other manifestation of Doty's skill to understand and translate attractiveness, and of his affection for words—and for phrases of their correct arrangement."—Poetry overseas
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She got involved with 826NYC to join the youth resistance against dull, unimaginatve writing and goes to battle with mighty young armies one collection of stories at a time. rebecca wasley received a BA in creative writing from Miami University of Ohio. She lives in the Boston area and enjoys teaching workshops at 826 Boston. brad wolfe is the founder of Hopeful Media, an organization aimed at using various forms of media to cultivate inspiration, creativity, and mindfulness in education and business.
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