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A Way of Happening
Observations of Contemporary Poetry
Author: Fred Chappell
A Way of Happening
$11.99
About This Book
Book Details
One of our most acclaimed and versatile authors, Fred Chappell is comfortably at home in fiction, poetry, and literary criticism. A Way of Happening gathers his essays and reviews of contemporary poetry. Chappell consider new writers as well as more established authors, including Alfred Corn, William Matthews, A. R. Ammons, Linda Pastan, Julia Randall, Cornelius Eady, Alan Shapiro, and many others. And there are essays on the plight of the critic ("Thanks but No Thanks") and the delicate role of the writing teacher ("First Night Come Round Again").
Imprint Publisher
Picador
ISBN
9781466860513
In The News
"A rare, reasonable critic strikes. If "reasonable" means alert and without apparent self- interest, as well as exuberantly free of academese, then Chappell fits the bill nicely."—Kirkus Reviews