Diane Lockward’s ‘The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop’ Just Published as an eBook
West Caldwell, NJ (PRWEB) April 21, 2015 -- ‘The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop,’ by Diane Lockward, is a poetry tutorial to inform and inspire practicing and aspiring poets. It includes model poems and prompts, writing tips, and interviews with poets and is ideal for the classroom or individual use.
Contributors to ‘The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop’ include 56 of our nation’s finest poets, 13 of them current or former state poets laureate. Readers will learn from such poets as Kim Addonzio, Alicia Ostriker, Linda Pastan, Sydney Lea, Jan Beatty, and Baron Wormser. An additional 45 accomplished poets have contributed sample poems.
Diane Lockward is the author of three poetry collections, ‘Temptation by Water’ (Wind Publications, 2010), ‘What Feeds Us’ (Wind P, 2006, winner of the Quentin R. Howard Poetry Prize), and ‘Eve’s Red Dress’ (Wind P, 2003). She is also the author of two chapbooks, ‘Greatest Hits: 1997-2010’ (Kattywompus Press, 2012) and ‘Against Perfection’ (Poets Forum Press, 1998). Her poems have been published in several anthologies, including ‘Poetry Daily: 366 Poems from the World’s Most Popular Poetry Website’ and Garrison Keillor's ‘Good Poems for Hard Times.’ Her poems have appeared in such journals as ‘Prairie Schooner,’ ‘Harvard Review,’ and ‘Spoon River Poetry Review.’ Her poems have also been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and The Writer’s Almanac. She is the recipient of a poetry fellowship from the NJ State Council on the Arts, the first place prize in the 2012 ‘Naugatuck River Poetry Review’ Contest, and awards from ‘North American Review,’ ‘Louisiana Literature,’ and the ‘Journal of New Jersey Poets.’
“The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop’ [ISBN 9781456624248] is now available from eBookIt.com, Amazon.com, Apple’s iBookstore, BN.com, and several other popular eBook retailers.
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Diane Lockward, Author, http://www.dianelockward.com, +1 973-226-0807, [email protected]
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