The pigheaded soul : essays and reviews on poetry and culture / Jason Guriel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guriel, Jason, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian poetry--History and criticism.

Canadian poetry.

American poetry--History and criticism.

American poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Place of Publication:

Erin, Ontario : The Porcupine's Quill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents a series of witty, intelligent, and sometimes controversial essays in which talented newcomers and avowed masters alike find themselves within the literary crosshairs of acclaimed poet and critic.

Contents:

How I Learned to Survive without Margaret Atwood (Daryl Hine)

The World's Not-so-secret Admirer (Eric Ormsby)

New-fangled, Old-fangled (George Johnston, Jeramy Dodds)

Flaking Off Beautifully (Anne Carson)

Autobiography of Reader (Anne Carson)

Godno (Dennis Lee)

Manufacturing Conceits (George Murray)

Full of It (Nick Thran)

Primordial Muse (Shane Neilson)

Travel Writing (Elise Partridge)

Moon Dreams (Don Coles)

Child's Play (Suzanne Buffam)

Lost and Found (Brian Bartlett)

Griffin Poetry Prize Field Notes

War of the Words

All Ears: Phone Calls to an Old Poet (Samuel Menashe)

Two Minds (William Logan)

Perfect Contempt (Dorothy Parker)

The Pigheaded Soul (Kay Ryan)

The Poetry in the Prose A Big Star Implodes (Alex Chilton)

Lovable Losers (Nicholson Baker, Roberto Bolano)

The Kindness of Second Readings (Frederick Goddard Tuckerman) Chain of Fools (Seamus Heaney)

Sub-Seuss (e. e. cummings)

The Spectric Poets (Anne Knish and Emanuel Morgan)

Not Just Poetry (Jorie Graham, Allen Grossman, Davis McCombs, Sarah Hannah)

Words Fail Him (Charles Bernstein)

Going Negative (Jane Mead, D. A. Powell, John Poch).

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 15, 2017).

ISBN:

0-88984-807-6