{"product_id":"making-your-own-days-the-pleasures-of-reading-and-writing-poetry-paperback","title":"Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth Koch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most esteemed American poets of the twenty-first century comes a celebration of poetry and an invitation for anyone to experience its beauty and wonder.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of fresh and exciting insights, \u003ci\u003eMaking Your Own Days\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the somewhat mysterious subject of poetry for those who read it and for those who write it--as well as for those who would like to read and write it better. By treating poetry not as a special use of language but as a distinct language--unlike the one used in prose and conversation--Koch clarifies the nature of poetic inspiration, how poems are written and revised, and what happens to the heart and mind while reading a poem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKoch also provides a rich anthology of more than ninety works from poets past and present. Lyric poems, excerpts from long poems and poetic plays, poems in English, and poems in translation from Homer and Sappho to Lorca, Snyder, and Ashbery; each selection is accompanied by an explanatory note designed to complement and clarify the text and to put pleasure back into the experience of poetry.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenneth Koch\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eStraits, \u003c\/i\u003e and won the Bollingen Prize for Poetry in 1994. He has also published fiction and plays, as well as books on the teaching of poetry: \u003ci\u003eWishes, Lies and Dreams; Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Never Told Anybody.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in New York City, where he is professor of English at Columbia University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.9 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761557766432,"sku":"9780684824383","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1088776145ca946386f97f97b20e469b.webp?v=1780210418","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/making-your-own-days-the-pleasures-of-reading-and-writing-poetry-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}