Ordinary Genius A Guide for the Poet Within

Name: Ordinary Genius A Guide for the Poet Within
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ISBN: 9780393334166

ISBN-10: 0393334163

ISBN-13: 9780393334166

Edition: 2009

Authors: Kim Addonizio, K. Addonizio

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This all-new book, by the co-author ofThe Poet's Companion, invites you to discover and enjoy your poetic self. Inspired by the gratifying success ofThe Poet's Companion, Kim Addonizio presents exciting new insights into the creative process, craft, and the lessons of her own creative journey. Poetry's time-honored subjects--love, loss, identity, community--are here, along with a heady variety of writing exercises (and innovative ways to use the Internet). Chapters on gender, race, and class challenge readers to explore their creative vision more deeply, Addonizio, hailed for her passionate, award-winning poetry, shares her breakthroughs and frustrations frankly, including samples of…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/16/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Kim Addonizio is the author of five poetry collections, includingTell Me, a National Book Award finalist. Herlatest collection is Lucifer at theStarlite.



introduction



entering poetry



leaping in the dark



make a book



first thought, worst thought



getting started



opening doors



your genius, your demons



line, breath & vision



by heart: a Shakespeare sonnet



describe this



read this



inner and outer worlds



identity 1: boys, girls & bodies



three meditations



by heart: a love poem



love & sex poems



me, myself & i



what you don't know



three observations



the pain-body



ha! working with humor



identity 2: race, class & privilege



the whiskey on your breath: addictions



the poem's progress



metaphor 1: the shimmer



white heat, necessary coldness



a bag of tricks



the poem's progress



metaphor 2: parts & the whole



enchantments: myths & fairy tales



toward mastery



music & meter



write a sonnet



a poem you love: close reading



page to stage: performance



word/art: make a broadside



two heads: collaborations



do-overs & revisions



publishing & the pinocchio syndrome



mirror at the end of the road



poems & poetry resources online



recommended reading


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