essays and poetry blending cultural criticism with personal memoir for a unique literary experience
examines the creative process and authorship from a critical and reflective standpoint
references to literary giants and contemporary thinkers for enriched context
humorously self-deprecating tone that engages readers and challenges conventions
winner of the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
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By Mary Ruefle
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For every time I read a poem I am willing to die...
Over the course of 15 years, award-winning poet Mary Ruefle delivered a lecture every six months to a group of poetry graduate students. Collected here for the first time, these lectures articulate the wisdom accrued through a life dedicated ent
