A FIELD Guide to Contemporary Poetry and Poetics [Paperback]

One of the hallmarks of FIELD magazine has always been its attention to what poets have to say about poetry. Many of these essays--by William Stafford, Denise Levertov, Gary Snyder, Adrienne Rich, Donald Hall, Robert Bly, and Sandra McPherson, among others--have become classics. This revised and expanded collection of essays from the magazine provides a rich and stimulating perspective on the state of contemporary poetry, as seen through the eyes of the poets themselves.

Preface THE PROCESS OF WRITING A Way of Writing  William Stafford Work and Inspiration: Inviting the Muse ?Denise Levertov Poetic Process?  Margaret Atwood Goatfoot, Milktongue, Twinbird: The Psychic Origins of Poetic Form  Donald Hall Reflections on the Origins of Poetic Form  Robert Bly Portrait of the Writer as a Fat Man: Some Subjective Ideas or Notions on the Care & Feeding of Prose Poems  Russell Edson Poetry and Science: The Science of Poetry/The Poetry of Science  Miroslav Holub Gorky Street: Syntax and Context  Dennis Schmitz The Two-Tone Line, Blues Ideology, and the Scrap Quilt  Sandra McPherson THE POETIC LINE: A SYMPOSIUM The Working Line  Sandra McPherson A Response to The Working Line  James Wright Further Reflections on Line and the Poetic Voice  John Haines The Line  Donald Hall Some Thoughts about Lines  Shirley Kaufman A Note on Prose, Verse and the Line  William Matthews Some Thoughts about the Line  Charles Simic THE IMAGE: A SYMPOSIUM Image and Images  Charles Simic Notes on the Image: Body and Soul  Donald Hall Recognizing the Image as a Form of Intelligence  Robert Bly Image and Language  Russell Edson Noun/Object/Image  Marvin Bell POETRY AND VALUES Some Remarks on Literature and Reality  G?nter Eich Meanings of Poetry  Jean Follain Poetry, Community & Climax  Gary Snyder Some Notes on the Gazer Within  Larry Levis The Bite of the Muskrat: Judging Contemporary Poetry  l3C