The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing

by Richard Hugo

Overview

"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

Richard Hugo was that rare phenomenon of American letters—a distinguished poet who was also an inspiring teacher. The Triggering Town is Hugo's now-classic collection of lectures, essays, and reflections, all "directed toward helping with that silly, absurd, maddening, futile, enormously rewarding activity: writing poems." Anyone, from the beginning poet to the mature writer to the lover of literature, will benefit greatly from Hugo's sayd, playful, profound insights and advice concerning the mysteries of literary creation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393077445
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	08/17/1992
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	426,653
File size:	586 KB

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

"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

"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