Books like The Triggering Town by Richard Hugo

A thoughtful meditation on Annie Dillard’s creative process, woven from anecdotes and vignettes that illuminate her distinctive prose style.

A collection of Victor Hugo’s poems, including titles such as "Fonction du poète," "Regards jetés dans une mansarde," and "Oceano Nox."

A practical guide to infusing fiction with emotion, tension, and conflict, offering clear advice and inspiring insights from a seasoned writer.

Katherine Anne Porter called courage "the first essential" for a writer. "I have to talk myself into bravery with every sentence," agreed Cynthia Ozick, "sometimes every syllable." E. B. White said he admired anyone who "has the guts to write anything at all."An author who has taught writing for more than thirty years, Ralph Keyes assures readers that anxiety is felt by writers at every level and can be harnessed to produce honest and disciplined work., Keyes offers specifics on how to make the best use of writers' workshops and conferences and how to handle criticism of works in progress; he also exposes the most common "false fear busters" (needing new equipment, a better setting, a new agent). Throughout, he includes the comments of many accomplished writers--Pat Conroy, Amy Tan, Rita Dove, Isabel Allende, and others--on how they transcended their own anxieties to produce great works.

Poet portraits: Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, Archibald MacLeish, Yvor Winters, Dylan Thomas.

"Explores love-themed poetry, including famous American and European poets and their poems, as well as literary criticism, poetic technique, explication, and prompts for further study"--