How a Poem Moves : Field Guide for Readers Afraid of Poetry - Adam Sol

How a Poem Moves

Field Guide for Readers Afraid of Poetry

By: Adam Sol

Paperback | 12 March 2019

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A collection of playfully elucidating essays, to help reluctant poetry readers become well-versed in verse.

Developed from Adam Sol's popular blog, How a Poem Moves is a collection of 35 short essays that walks readers through an array of contemporary poems. Sol is a dynamic teacher, and in these essays, he has captured the humor and engaging intelligence for which he is known in the classroom. With a breezy style, Sol delivers essays that are perfect for a quick read or to be grouped together as a curriculum.

Though How a Poem Moves is not a textbook, it demonstrates poetry's range and pleasures through encounters with individual poems that span traditions, techniques, and ambitions. This illuminating book is for readers who are afraid they "don't get" poetry, but who believe that, with a welcoming guide, they might conquer their fear and cultivate a new appreciation.

Industry Reviews
“This unassuming book provides a great public service — it removes the shroud of mystery that hovers between too many readers and the world of poetry … Sol deserves to be read widely and freely; his humble witness to the simple art of reading may be this book’s most important gift. Libraries should have multiple copies.” — Library Journal Starred Review

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