{"product_id":"quote-poet-unquote-contemporary-quotations-on-poets-and-poetry-paperback","title":"Quote Poet Unquote: Contemporary Quotations on Poets and Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennis O'Driscoll\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the best-read men in the Western world\" is how \u003ci\u003ePoetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e describes Irish poet-critic Dennis O'Driscoll. \u003ci\u003eQuote Poet Unquote\u003c\/i\u003e, his compilation of contemporary quotations on all things poetry-related, proves that judgment spot on. The book grew out of O'Driscoll's column \"Pickings and Choosings\" for \u003ci\u003ePoetry Ireland Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and contains nearly two thousand smart sayings obsessively gleaned from six hundred sources--including powerhouse critics, prize-winning poets, world leaders, and newspaper headlines. The voices in this volume are by turns provocative, deadpan, humorous, and inspirational: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you dribble past five defenders, it isn't called sheer prose.\"--Tom Leonard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I do not give the honorific name of 'poetry' to the primitive and the unaccomplished.\"--Helen Vendler, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I started a PhD in English at the University of Chicago because I loved poetry--which I now realize is like saying I studied vivisection because I loved dogs.\"--Michael Donaghy, \u003ci\u003eVerse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized by headings as forthright as \"What Is It Anyway?\" as playful as \"Prose and Cons\" and \"No, Thanks\" (on bad poetry), this collection is both a reference work and a supremely entertaining take on the poetry world. \u003ci\u003eQuote Poet Unquote\u003c\/i\u003e offers incontrovertible evidence--thousands of pieces of it--that poetry, and the passionate discourse it generates, is alive and kicking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDennis O'Driscoll\u003c\/b\u003e, former editor of \u003ci\u003ePoetry Ireland Review\u003c\/i\u003e, is the author of seven books of poetry and a collection of essays. He lives in Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis O'Driscoll is one of Ireland's most widely published and respected critics of poetry. He is the author of seven previous collections of poetry and one collection of essays. His awards include a Lannan Literary Award, the E.M. Forster Award, and the O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry. He lives in Co Kildare, Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 315\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 8.02 x 6.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771613380896,"sku":"9781556592706","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/41372ff5a3b0ec26942ce61a4787d325.webp?v=1780389573","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/quote-poet-unquote-contemporary-quotations-on-poets-and-poetry-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}