The Art of Description: World into Word
Dec 2014 · Sold by Graywolf Press
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"It sounds like a simple thing, to say what you see," Mark Doty begins. "But try to find words for the shades of a mottled sassafras leaf, or the reflectivity of a bay on an August morning, or the very beginnings of desire stirring in the gaze of someone looking right into your eyes . . ." Doty finds refuge in the sensory experience found in poems by Blake, Whitman, Bishop, and others. The Art of Description is an invaluable book by one of America's most revered writers and teachers.
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October 26, 2015
I enjoyed this book because it delved past the obvious advice. Instead of similar books that all ask the reader to think of different ways to describe things, Doty breaks down a collection of various poems and explains why he thinks they excel in the art of description. As a fiction writer, I found this quite enlightening and useful.
About the author
MARK DOTY is the author of eight collections of poetry, including Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. He teaches at Rutgers University and lives in New York.
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