01719pam a2200301 a 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160070003000330080041000360100017000770200023000940200018001170400023001350410008001580500023001660820010001892450111001992500012003102600045003223000030003675040051003975200828004486500024012766500026013006500022013267000032013487000037013801090292BJBSDDR20260114121557.0ta920128s1992    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a   92052535   a006273024X (pbk.)   a9780062730244  aDLCcDLCdDLCbeng  aeng14aPN 1059bP895 199200a808.104aThe Practice of poetry :bwriting exercises from poets who teach /cedited by Robin Behn & Chase Twichell.  a1st ed.  aNew York, NY :bHarperPerennial,cc1992.  axvii, 299 pages ;c20 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aBased on the idea that poetry, like any art, is best mastered through practice, this handbook for poets combines poetry-writing exercises with personal essays by each contributing poet. Some of the poets represented in the handbook are: Maxine Kumin, Rita Dove, Roger Mitchell, Carol Muske, Sydney Lea, and J. D. McClatchy. The exercises in the handbook address a broad range of topics: the struggle for inspiration, transforming memory and experience into writing, the process of revision, experimenting with formal structure, as well as many others. The collection of more than 90 tested and proven exercises is designed to stimulate the imagination and increase technical flexibility and control. Two appendixes contain a mail-order source list of poetry books and a list of published works referred to in the text. (NKA 0aPoetryxAuthorship. 4aPoesía xAutoría  0aArte de escribir 1 aBehn, Robin,d1958-eeditor1 aTwichell, Chase, d1950-eeditor