{"product_id":"the-art-of-voice-poetic-principles-and-practice-9781324002680","title":"The Art of Voice: Poetic Principles and Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this accessible and distilled craft guide, acclaimed poet Tony Hoagland approaches poetry through the frame of poetic voice, that mysterious connective element that binds the speaker and reader together. A poem strong in the dimension of voice is an animate thing of shifting balances, tones, and temperatures, by turns confiding, vulgar, bossy, or cunning--but above all, alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twelve short chapters of \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Voice\u003c\/em\u003e explore ways to create a distinctive poetic voice, including vernacular, authoritative statement, material imagination, speech register, tone-shifting, and using secondary voices as an enriching source of texture in the poem. A comprehensive appendix contains thirty stimulating models and exercises that will help poets cultivate their craft. Mining his personal experience as a poet and analyzing a wide range of examples from Catullus to Marie Howe, Hoagland provides a lively introduction to contemporary poetry and an invaluable guide for any practicing writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoagland, Tony:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eTony Hoagland\u003c\/strong\u003e (1953--2018) was the award-winning author of seven poetry collections, including the National Book Critics Circle Finalist \u003cem\u003eWhat Narcissism Means to Me\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePriest Turned Therapist Treats Fear of God\u003c\/em\u003e, and two essay collections. He taught at the University of Houston and conducted a community workshop in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lived.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50464591216914,"sku":"9781324002680","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f93444b3-71e2-4e68-9031-c97a354a4aeb.jpg?v=1730107306","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-art-of-voice-poetic-principles-and-practice-9781324002680","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}