{"product_id":"do-it-wrong-derek-beaulieu-9781998336296","title":"Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet in the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA radically liberating collection of essays, ideas and approaches to writing and teaching poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDo It Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e is a short, snappy series of provocations and suggestions designed to help poets think outside the box and foster creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a permission slip to take a path others reject, to do the counter-intuitive thing, to embrace the weird.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a guidebook designed to bring poets together, to question our assumptions, and to move past the \"business as usual\" educational models into the new, the strange, and the \"wrong.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it's a playful, purposeful contribution toward the building of stronger, more resilient writing communities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Beth Pickens's \u003ci\u003eMake Your Art No Matter What\u003c\/i\u003e and Austin Kleon's \u003ci\u003eSteal Like an Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, Derek Beaulieu distills 20 years of experience teaching creative writing into a joyfully mischievous manifesto on how to write and teach poetry with meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek Beaulieu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1998336298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781998336296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Assembly Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Derek Beaulieu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47305738617087,"sku":"9781998336296","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ab94e51-3a60-497b-a240-848e358be0bb.jpg?v=1758831658","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/do-it-wrong-derek-beaulieu-9781998336296","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}