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In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet’s Portable Workshop – $200
by rgonzalezr
Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Tilbury House Pub (June 1995) Language: English ISBN-10: 0884481492 Steve Kowit believes, and rightly so, that poetry should show, not tell. The same could be said for good teaching, which is what makes this volume so remarkable. In In the Palm of Your Hand Kowit employs more than 100 poems and excerpts to illustrate his discussions on everything from metaphor to meter to metaphysics. Working your way through this book–and it is work–is like sitting in on a terrific creative-writing seminar, minus […]