{"product_id":"the-poetry-home-repair-manual-ted-kooser-9780803259782","title":"The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No other poet seems better suited to represent the United States as its Laureate in this era than Ted Kooser, and \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Home Repair Manual\u003c\/i\u003e should enhance his grip on our slumbering Republic.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--Larry Woiwode, Poet Laureate of North Dakota, in \u003ci\u003eNorth Dakota Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuch more than a guidebook to writing and revising poems, this manual has all the comforts and merits of a long and enlightening conversation with a wise and patient old friend--a friend who is willing to share everything he's learned about the art he's spent a lifetime learning to execute so well.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTed Kooser has been writing and publishing poetry for more than forty years. In the pages of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Home Repair Manual\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Kooser brings those decades of experience to bear. Here are tools and insights, the instructions (and warnings against instructions) that poets--aspiring or practicing--can use to hone their craft, perhaps into art. Using examples from his own rich literary oeuvre and from the work of a number of successful contemporary poets, the author schools us in the critical relationship between poet and reader, which is fundamental to what Kooser believes is poetry's ultimate purpose: to reach other people and touch their hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Kooser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803259786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803259782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Ted Kooser","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051741573375,"sku":"9780803259782","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_058ff7b1-9fdc-4d8f-b8cc-dca5f12a1adc.jpg?v=1685014900","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-poetry-home-repair-manual-ted-kooser-9780803259782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}