{"product_id":"the-poetry-reader-9798765104101","title":"The Poetry Reader","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFilled with the profound, the lyrical, the consoling, and the curious, \u003cem\u003eThe Poetry Reader: An Anthology\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e- Section header notes provide critical commentary, framing the poems within their given topic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e- Discussion and writing suggestions give interesting and actionable prompts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e- Works as a standalone book, or can easily be used alongside \u003cem\u003ePoetry: A Survivor's Guide, 2nd ed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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 – \u003cem\u003eThe Poetry Reader\u003c\/em\u003e acts as a guide to understanding the essentials of both reading and writing poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471820865772,"sku":"9798765104101","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/781752964335428e6238e5f8d92a0be9.jpg?v=1775694483","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-poetry-reader-9798765104101","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}