Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Roots in Our Throats: A Case for Using Etymology
Front-Loading Syntax
Rhythm and Repetition in Free Verse, or, the Poet as Witch
Gertrude Stein’s Granddaughters: A Reading of Surprise
Metonymy, the Neglected (but Necessary) Trope
“Why Must It Always End This Way?” Narrative Poetry and Its (Dis)contents
A Sexy New Animal: The DNA of the Prose Poem
Dynamic Design: The Structure of Books of Poems
Performance of the Lyric “I”