"I have almost finished my longbook," Maxine Hong Kingston declares. "Let my life as Poet begin...I won't be a workhorse anymore; I'll be a skylark." To Be the Poet is Kingston's manifesto, the avowal and declaration of a writer who has devoted a good part of her sixty years to writing prose, and who, over the course of this spirited and inspiring book, works out what the rest of her life will be, in poetry. Taking readers along with her, this celebrated writer gathers advice from her gifted contemporaries and from sages, critics, and writers whom she takes as ancestors. She consults her past, her conscience, her time--and puts together a volume at once irreverent and deeply serious, playful and practical, partaking of poetry throughout as it pursues the meaning, the possibility, and the power of the life of the poet.
A manual on inviting poetry, on conjuring the elusive muse, To Be the Poet is also a harvest of poems, from charms recollected out of childhood to bursts of eloquence, wonder, and waggish wit along the way to discovering what it is to be a poet.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. To Be the Poet 0.56. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780674007918
Book Description Condition: Brand New. New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service. Seller Inventory # ABEOCT23-234999
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # 9780674007918
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Feb2416190095544
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9780674007918
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 734565-n
Book Description HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # WH-9780674007918
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed by Kingston on the title-page. Seller Inventory # 020854
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. 0.4. Seller Inventory # 0674007913-2-1
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.4. Seller Inventory # 353-0674007913-new