| The Art of Recklessness: Poetry as Assertive Force and Contradiction Contributor(s): Young, Dean (Author) |
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ISBN: 1555975623 ISBN-13: 9781555975623 Publisher: Graywolf Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Composition - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Poetry |
| Dewey: 809.1 |
| LCCN: 2010920768 |
| Series: Art Of... |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 4.9" W x 7" (0.45 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Art of Recklessness, Dean Young's sprawling and subversive first book of prose on poetry, imagination swerves into primitivism and surrealism and finally toward empathy. How can recklessness guide the poet, the artist, and the reader into art, and how can it excite in us a sort of wild receptivity, beyond craft? "Poetry is not a discipline," Young writes. "It is a hunger, a revolt, a drive, a mash note, a fright, a tantrum, a grief, a hoax, a debacle, an application, an affect . . ." |
Contributor Bio(s): Young, Dean: - DEAN YOUNG is the author of nine collections of poetry, including Primitive Mentor, Embryoyo, and Elegy on Toy Piano, which was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. He teaches at the University of Texas, Austin. |