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Madness, Rack, and Honey : Collected Lectures by Mary Ruefle (2012, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherWave Industries Books

ISBN-101933517573

ISBN-139781933517575

eBay Product ID (ePID)110896580

Product Key Features

Book TitleMadness, Rack, and Honey : Collected Lectures

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSpeeches, Women Authors, American / General, Poetry

Publication Year2012

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Poetry, Literary Collections

AuthorMary Ruefle

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight14.8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-049617

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal809.1

Table Of ContentTABLE OF CONTENTS On Beginnings Poetry and The Moon On Sentimentality On Theme On Secrets: Eight Beginnings, Two Ends On Fear Madness, Rack and Honey My Emily Dickinson Introduction To Lecture on Books So You Want To Write A Book? Someone Reading A Book Is A Sign Of Order In The World Remarks on Letters Kangaroo Beach I Remember, I Remember Introduction To Reading Great Poems Of The Past Twenty-Two Short Lectures Lectures I Will Never Give

SynopsisThis is one of the wisest books I've read in years... -- New York Times Book Review No writer I know of comes close to even trying to articulate the weird magic of poetry as Ruefle does. She acknowledges and celebrates in the odd mystery and mysticism of the act--the fact that poetry must both guard and reveal, hint at and pull back... Also, and maybe most crucially, Ruefle's work is never once stuffy or overdone: she writes this stuff with a level of seriousness-as-play that's vital and welcome, that doesn't make writing poetry sound anything but wild, strange, life-enlargening fun. - The Kenyon Review Profound, unpredictable, charming, and outright funny...These informal talks have far more staying power and verve than most of their kind. Readers may come away dazzled, as well as amused... -- Publishers Weekly This is a book not just for poets but for anyone interested in the human heart, the inner-life, the breath exhaling a completion of an idea that will make you feel changed in some way. This is a desert island book. -- Matthew Dickman The accomplished poet is humorous and self-deprecating in this collection of illuminating essays on poetry, aesthetics and literature... -- San Francisco Examiner Over the course of fifteen years, Mary Ruefle delivered a lecture every six months to a group of poetry graduate students. Collected here for the first time, these lectures include "Poetry and the Moon," "Someone Reading a Book Is a Sign of Order in the World," and "Lectures I Will Never Give." Intellectually virtuosic, instructive, and experiential, Madness, Rack, and Honey resists definition, demanding instead an utter--and utterly pleasurable--immersion. Finalist for the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award. Mary Ruefle has published more than a dozen books of poetry, prose, and erasures. She lives in Vermont., Cultural criticism meets poetry memoir--a contemporary master reflects on a life dedicated to poetry.

LC Classification NumberPN1136.R74 2012