The Novel: Poem

by Paul Hoover

'The Novel' is a booklength poem which examines the privilege of the novelist from the poet's point of view, asking in both astonishment and disappointment: why is the novelist at once the most lordly and common of authors?

Genres: Poetry

60 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Kent · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've never written a novel. I guess I wanted to in the Navy, and I was pride, purpose, but I was such an immature writer I had none of the understanding a writer needs to describe and convey, really convey a meaning. I'm sure Hoover has that, and I haven't read the novel, Saigon, Illinois, but reading this poem only gives me a hint what the mature writer experiences writing a novel.