{"product_id":"the-poetry-reader-mark-yakich-9798765104101","title":"The Poetry Reader: An Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou have picked up this book because you are a poetry reader. Or you are about to be one. Because as soon as you read a poem, that's what you are.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with the profound, the lyrical, the consoling, and the curious, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Reader: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e is the book you would hope to find if you washed up alone on a deserted island: this companionable collection shows how poetry itself is a discussion, alive and flowing, and how poems speak to, with, and sometimes over one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you are a teacher, this is the anthology you wish you had as a student - a text that doesn't try to survey entire time periods or aesthetic areas, but one that places side-by-side carefully selected poems that speak to each other over time as well as to today's readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Section header notes provide critical commentary, framing the poems within their given topic\u003cbr\u003e- Discussion and writing suggestions give interesting and actionable prompts\u003cbr\u003e- Works as a standalone book, or can easily be used alongside \u003ci\u003ePoetry: A Survivor's Guide, 2nd ed.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on traditional poems and contemporary works, this anthology offers globe-spanning, stylistically diverse poetry, ranging from canonical poems by the likes of Sappho and Shakespeare to those of new voices such as Layli Long Soldier and Mukoma wa Ngugi. As a compact, eclectic, and approachable collection based on specific aspects of poetry and poetic practices - from identity and metaphor to sublimation and spirituality - \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Reader \u003c\/i\u003eacts as a guide to understanding the essentials of both reading and writing poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Yakich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798765104101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Mark Yakich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489434489087,"sku":"9798765104101","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4b4ff52-b3ff-4cb8-8b94-6403ec0f5a73.jpg?v=1736953545","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-poetry-reader-mark-yakich-9798765104101","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}