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Take one measure of writer’s block, add an equal measure of a longtime lover lost, mix in the mind of an intelligent self-deprecating, funny, out-of-sorts and out-of-fashion poet and get one of the best books I’ve read this year. It helps if you like poetry. There are a lot of references to poets and poetry gossip. But it’s all written with such ease and grace that the nonpoetry reader can still just sail through. Sad, funny, and wonderful.
I don't typically give up on books, but I couldn't make it past the second chapter of this. The whole thing is a running internal narrative from the main character and, frankly, he's just not that pleasant to spend time with. Another self-obsessed dufus who's convinced that his every thought is Really Truly Worthwhile, without much reason to think so.
I gave it a second star because the actual thoughts about poetry are not uninteresting. Shame you have to swim through the muck they're floating i ...more
I gave it a second star because the actual thoughts about poetry are not uninteresting. Shame you have to swim through the muck they're floating i ...more
I'm carrying this book around in my head these days, seeing poetry everywhere I look and thinking in rhyme. A great love letter to poetry, especially the rhyming kind, and an interesting character of the poet Paul Chowder who just needs to finish the introduction to an anthology of rhyming poems.
This book jump started a poetry binge for me, but I kept wishing it had an index. So I made one. ...more
This book jump started a poetry binge for me, but I kept wishing it had an index. So I made one. ...more
I've been looking for a book to get me out from this literacy rut, and this is not it. It was a good book. I really enjoyed his writing style... witty and subtle sense of humor. The sentences are short and almost poetic like. I just couldn't get into the poetry theme/plot, even though it was really interesting at times. I think that the book had deeper plot... linking his personal life and poetry together, but I didn't care to look for it. May be I would have liked this book more if I wasn't in
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I am loving this book, probably because I am preparing for Poetry Night with my fifth graders. The protagonist of The Anthologist is a poet who is compiling an anthology of rhyming poetry. This protagonist, Paul Chowder,
AND THIS IS WHERE I STOPPED THE REVIEW. IT TOOK ME A YEAR TO FINISH IT. I WAS TEACHING BACK IN 2O10, AND PREPARING FOR THE ANNUAL FIFTH GRADE POETRY NIGHT ...I INTRODUCED THE POEMS AND POETS AND ALWAYS SAID SOMETHING ABOUT POETRY. I SPENT HOURS GETTING READY. EACH KID READ A PO ...more
AND THIS IS WHERE I STOPPED THE REVIEW. IT TOOK ME A YEAR TO FINISH IT. I WAS TEACHING BACK IN 2O10, AND PREPARING FOR THE ANNUAL FIFTH GRADE POETRY NIGHT ...I INTRODUCED THE POEMS AND POETS AND ALWAYS SAID SOMETHING ABOUT POETRY. I SPENT HOURS GETTING READY. EACH KID READ A PO ...more
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