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<![CDATA[Russ Golata wrote a story]]>
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/8096.Fragments_of_Vision?chapter=1
Russ Golata wrote Fragments of Vision: www.lulu.com/content/429662.
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<![CDATA[Russ added 'Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45639153
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Thrift)
byEdwin A. Abbott
This is an amazing story and considering the time it was written--this is a must read for any and all sci-fi fans
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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/77624-books-on-writing-poetry
Russ made a comment in the ¡ POETRY ! group:
To help introduce poetry to all ages interested I have used several books.
poemcrazy-freeing your life with words, by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridridge, is a very free form look at getting started writing poetry without being tied down to poetic structure.
Sleeping on the Wing By Kenneth Koch and Kate Farrell is a wonderful anthology with poems by Whitman Ginsberg, Ashbery, Not only do the essays accompany these fines works, but writing prompts too.
For the serious student or more advanced class. A Test of Poetry by Louis Zukofsky. I have been pushing the benefits of this book for several decades. What he does is take poetry and let you decide what makes it work. Kind of like an auto mechanics guide to the inside of an engine.I continue to come back to this book as the guide for my own poetic ramblings. A valuable tool
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<![CDATA[Russ added 'Paterson']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38674537
to: Paterson (Paperback)byWilliam Carlos Williams
I used to think "A" or The Cantos were my favorite long poem. What Williams does in this book is brilliant. Mixing poem, dialog, and newspaper excerpts to belend it into a wonderful book
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<![CDATA[Russ added 'The Collected Poems of Charles Olson: Excluding the <i>Maximus</i> Poems']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38674420
to: The Collected Poems of Charles Olson: Excluding the <i>Maximus</i> Poems (Paperback)byCharles Olson
This is everything he has ever penned-a true underestimated master of verse. A must have for any student of poetry
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<![CDATA[Russ added 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38674192
to: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Hardcover)byMilan Kundera
This was one of those books that makes you feel you are reading a true master. His work in this book combines, philosophy, politics, sex, and love, and weaves them into a book that leaves the reader spellbound.
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<![CDATA[Russ added 'The Way It Is']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34256888
The Way It Is (Paperback)
byWilliam Edgar Stafford
His development as a poet and person is amazing. his words are so soft --yet his poetry is a comforting hand as you lay on the ground..One of the most gentle and gifted poets of all time.Truly a man of peace
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<![CDATA[Russ added 'Even in Quiet Places: Poems']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34256818
to: Even in Quiet Places: Poems (Paperback)byWilliam Edgar Stafford
I first read this poet in the 1990s--But his poetry is like sunshine after a storm. There is a peace in his words, and a comfort to read his work.
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<![CDATA[Russ added 'Ballistics: Poems']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34256578
to: Ballistics: Poems (Hardcover)byBilly Collins
There are no flat poems in this book. I had the pleasure to hear Billy read several poems from the book at Rollins College a couple of weeks ago. He seems to have a formula for creating witty poems.
I finsdd his work enjoyable reading.Many poet friends fail to find his work intellectually challenging. I say with poetry in the state it is in now, being hardly taught in schools--I say we need more poems and poets like Billy Collins.
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