{"product_id":"the-poetry-reader-an-anthology-9798765104101","title":"The Poetry Reader: An Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou have picked up this book because you are a poetry reader. Or you are about to be one. Because as soon as you read a poem, that's what you are.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with the profound, the lyrical, the consoling, and the curious, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Reader: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e is the book you would hope to find if you washed up alone on a deserted island: this companionable collection shows how poetry itself is a discussion, alive and flowing, and how poems speak to, with, and sometimes over one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you are a teacher, this is the anthology you wish you had as a student - a text that doesn't try to survey entire time periods or aesthetic areas, but one that places side-by-side carefully selected poems that speak to each other over time as well as to today's readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Section header notes provide critical commentary, framing the poems within their given topic\u003cbr\u003e- Discussion and writing suggestions give interesting and actionable prompts\u003cbr\u003e- Works as a standalone book, or can easily be used alongside \u003ci\u003ePoetry: A Survivor's Guide, 2nd ed.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on traditional poems and contemporary works, this anthology offers globe-spanning, stylistically diverse poetry, ranging from canonical poems by the likes of Sappho and Shakespeare to those of new voices such as Layli Long Soldier and Mukoma wa Ngugi. As a compact, eclectic, and approachable collection based on specific aspects of poetry and poetic practices - from identity and metaphor to sublimation and spirituality - \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Reader \u003c\/i\u003eacts as a guide to understanding the essentials of both reading and writing poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Yakich\u003c\/b\u003e is Gregory F. Curtin, S.J. Distinguished Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans, USA, where he has been editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Orleans Review \u003c\/i\u003esince 2012. He is the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eUnrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), and \u003ci\u003eSpiritual Exercises \u003c\/i\u003e(2019); a novel, \u003ci\u003eA Meaning for Wife \u003c\/i\u003e(2011); and Object Lessons book on \u003ci\u003eFootball\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2022), and a guide to reading and writing poems, \u003ci\u003ePoetry: A Survivor's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2016\/2022).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51414871605522,"sku":"9798765104101","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7d561c17-5f29-4b7b-9ea1-d0c169863641.jpg?v=1751128293","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-poetry-reader-an-anthology-9798765104101","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}