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The 6.5 practices of moderately successful poets a self-help memoir / Jeffrey Skinner.
| Author/creator | Skinner, Jeffrey |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Louisville, Ky. : Sarabande Books, |
| Description | xx, 184 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Six point five practices of moderately successful poets |
| Variant title | Six and a half practices of moderately successful poets |
| Portion of title | Practices of moderately successful poets |
| Contents | Protects talent. What is talent? ; The part that learns without effort ; Rigor, precision ; Unfairness ; Necessary selfishness ; Life and work ; The background check -- Finds the liminal place. The in-between ; Ignition ; Let's get lost ; A pathway to the gateway ; Meandering, description, music ; Not so hot, better, limit interference, endure ; Top ten poet complaints -- Makes use. Phil & company ; Crafty craft ; O, research ; The private eye ; Bobby the ape -- Discipline (self). Bad boat, bad boy ; The silence of the iambs ; The revisionarium ; The time clock -- Finds poetry companion. How far from the self ; A little help from my friends ; Ask Dr. Frankenpoem, your poetry companion -- Ambitious for the work. Ignores outer validation ; Ink runs from the corners of my mouth ; Things that, while possibly admirable, mean nothing for a career ; Things that may move your career forward ; Things that guarantee you will not have a career ; Smarts ; The pre M.F.A. save-your-time & money quiz -- Takes the long view. The long view ; The young ; Family guy. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011040876 |
| ISBN | 9781936747276 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1936747278 (pbk. : alk. paper) |