Best Words, Best Order by Stephen Dobyns (1996, Hardcover) 
Best Words, Best Order by Stephen Dobyns (1996, Hardcover)

 
Best Words, Best Order by Stephen Dobyns (1996, Hardcover)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 1996-04-15
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0312129327
ISBN-13: 9780312129323
Product ID: EPID129701
Description: Essays by poet and novelist Stephen Dobyns on his two crafts.
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Synopsis
Essays by poet and novelist Stephen Dobyns on his two crafts.

Details
Publication Date:1996-04-15

Size
Length:338 pages
Height:8.8 in
Width:6.0 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:18.4 oz

Publisher's Note
In Best Words, Best Order, Stephen Dobyns explains the mystery of the poet's work and the ability of poetry to communicate thoughts and feelings between the writer and the reader. Through essays on memory and metaphor, pacing and the intricacies of voice and tone, and thoughtful appreciations of Chekhov, Ritsos, Mandelstam, and Rilke, Dobyns guides readers and writers through poetry's mysterious twilight communiques. Dobyns, a poet and teacher, has the rare ability to speak to readers about his art. Anyone interested in the beauty and intricacy of writing will find pleasure in Best Words, Best Order.

Industry Reviews
"Few writers are as versatile or prolific as Stephen Dobyns...[These] vivid, ruminative essays...distill nearly three decades of discipline in the two arts he views as temperamental opposites....The liveliest passages involve his informed, resonant readings of contemporary poems, and the concluding chapters on personal exemplars...prompt an emotional, often darker counterpoint to his discussions of craft."
New York Times Book Review - Robert Polito (06/09/1996)

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