| An Invitation to Poetry: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology Contributor(s): Dietz, Maggie (Editor), Pinsky, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 039305876X ISBN-13: 9780393058765 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: FOR A READER unaccustomed to reading poetry, or who has fallen away from the custom, this collection offers an inviting way into the art, or back into it. For readers devoted to poetry, it offers illuminating examples of the infinitely various ways a poem reaches a reader. In both the book and the videos on the accompanying DVD, poems by Sappho, Shakespeare, Keats, Whitman, and Dickinson as well as contemporary poets are introduced by people from across the United States--a construction worker, a Supreme Court justice, a glassblower, a marine--each of whom speaks about his or her connection to the poem. Their comments are variously poignant, funny, heartening, tart, penetrating, and eccentric, showing some of the ways poetry is alive for American readers. "An Invitation to Poetry will inspire a fresh experience of poetry's pleasure and insight. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: 808.81 |
| LCCN: 2004006210 |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.48" W x 9.64" (1.36 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For a reader unaccustomed to reading poetry, or who has fallen away from the custom, this collection offers an inviting way into the art, or back into it. For readers devoted to poetry, it offers illuminating examples of the infinitely various ways a poem reaches a reader. In both the book and the videos on the accompanying DVD, poems by Sappho, Shakespeare, Keats, Whitman, and Dickinson as well as contemporary poets are introduced by people from across the United States--a construction worker, a Supreme Court justice, a glassblower, a marine--each of whom speaks about his or her connection to the poem. Their comments are variously poignant, funny, heartening, tart, penetrating, and eccentric, showing some of the ways poetry is alive for American readers. An Invitation to Poetry will inspire a fresh experience of poetry's pleasure and insight. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dietz, Maggie: - Maggie Dietz is the Favorite Poem Project's director. She lives in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.Pinsky, Robert: - Robert Pinsky is the author of ten collections of poetry including, most recently, At the Foundling Hospital. His translation The Inferno of Dante won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry. His brief guide The Sounds of Poetry is used in acting classes. As a three-term United States Poet Laureate, Pinsky founded the Favorite Poem Project, in which thousands of Americans shared their favorite poems. That project gave rise to three previous anthologies, Americans' Favorite Poems, An Invitation to Poetry, and Singing School. Pinsky lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and teaches at Boston University. |
