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Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
Mary Ruefle
4.42 average rating, · 3k ratings
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The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing
Richard Hugo
4.17 average rating, · 3.1k ratings
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Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.28 average rating, · 2.3k ratings
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Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative
Jane Alison
4.09 average rating, · 2.3k ratings
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Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.02 average rating, · 1.7k ratings
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Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
Charles Baxter
4.13 average rating, · 1.5k ratings
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The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot
Charles Baxter
4.01 average rating, · 1.4k ratings
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Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry
Jane Hirshfield
4.34 average rating, · 1k ratings
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Proofs & Theories: Essays on Poetry
Louise Glück
4.12 average rating, · 819 ratings
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The Art of Recklessness: Poetry as Assertive Force and Contradiction
Dean Young
4.13 average rating, · 664 ratings
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Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry
Ada Limon
4.55 average rating, · 590 ratings
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The Art of Time in Memoir: Then, Again
Sven Birkerts
4.06 average rating, · 561 ratings
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