The Triggering Town by Richard Hugo
Richard Hugo, whom Carolyn Kizer called one of the most passionate, energetic and honest poets living, was that rare phenomenon a distinguished poet who was also an inspiring teacher. The Triggering Town is Hugo s classic collection of lectures, essays, and reflections, all directed toward helping with that silly, absurd, maddening, futile, enormously rewarding activity: writing poems. From pieces that include Writing off the Subject and How Poets Make a Living, anyone, from the beginning poet to the mature writer to the lover of literature, will benefit greatly from Hugo s playful and profound insights into the mysteries of literary creation.
"Richard Hugo’s free-swinging, go-for-it remarks on poetry and the teaching of poetry are exactly what are needed in classrooms and in the world" -- James Dickey, author of Deliverance
"Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, and an ear for language, and a bit of imagination could become a writer." -- James Welch, author of Fools Crow
"Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, and an ear for language, and a bit of imagination could become a writer." -- James Welch, author of Fools Crow
Richard Hugo (1923-1982) was for many years the director of the creative writing program at the University of Montana, Missoula Campus. He received the Theodore Roethke Memorial Prize and was twice nominated for the National Book Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393338720 |
| ISBN 10 | 039333872X |
| Title | The Triggering Town |
| Author | Richard Hugo |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2010-09-24 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
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