The Monkey and the Wrench: Essays into Contemporary Poetics

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The Monkey and the Wrench: Essays into Contemporary Poetics

by Mary Biddinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor), John Gallaher (Goodreads Author) (Editor)

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The Monkey and the Wrench: Essays into Contemporary Poetics takes a snapshot of a moving target: the ever-shifting conversation about today's poetry. The ten essays in this collection offer reflections and insights, practical advice for craft matters, and provocative points of departure for those who read and write poetry. This series seeks to further the discussion of poe...more

Paperback, 176 pages

Published January 14th 2011 by University Of Akron Press

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About Mary Biddinger

Mary Biddinger is the author of the poetry collections Prairie Fever (Steel Toe Books, 2007), Saint Monica (Black Lawrence Press, 2011), and O Holy Insurgency (Black Lawrence Press, 2011), and co-editor of The Monkey and the Wrench: Essays into Contemporary Poetics (University of Akron Press, 2011). Her poetry has recently appeared in Barrelhouse, Bat City Review, Blackbird, Devil's Lake, Forklift...more

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