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  • MUSICAGE

    Cage Muses on Words, Art, Music

    The pioneering composer and music theorist makes his final on the totality of his work and thought in these three wide-ranging dialogues."I was obliged to find a radical way to work ― to get at the real, at the root of the matter," John Cage says in this trio of dialogues, completed just days before his death. This quest led him beyond the bounds of convention in all his musical, written, and ... Read more

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  • The Practice of Poetry

    Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach

    Edited by Robin Behn, Chase Twichell ...
    A distinctive collection of more than 90 effective poetry-writing exercises combined with corresponding essays to inspire writers of all levels.The Practice of Poetry is the first handbook for poets to combine poetry-writing exercises with illuminating personal essays by each contributor. The editors, Robin Behn and Chase Twichell, who are themselves poets and teachers of creative writing, have ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How To Read A Poem

    And Fall in Love with Poetry

    by Edward Hirsch ...
    From the National Book Critics Circle Award–winning poet and critic: "A lovely book, full of joy and wisdom." — The Baltimore SunHow to Read a Poem is an unprecedented exploration of poetry, feeling, and human nature. In language at once acute and emotional, Edward Hirsch describes why poetry matters and how we can open up our imaginations so that its message can make a difference. In a marvelous ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Acting - The First Six Lessons

    “Acting - The First Six Lessons” is a collection of essays by Richard Boleslavsky. Written in the form of a series of dialogues, these lessons aim to inform and instruct the budding actor on some of the basic principles of acting and learning to act. A novel approach to teaching acting techniques, this volume is highly recommended for novices and young actors or actresses looking to hone their ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Little Book on Form

    An Exploration into the Formal Imagination of Poetry

    by Robert Hass ...
    From the former U.S. Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner, an illuminating dissection of poetic form and an essential book on writing craft for students, enthusiasts, and newcomers alikeA Little Book on Form brilliantly synthesizes Hass’s formidable gifts as both a poet and essayist. In it he takes up the central tension between poetry as genre and the poetics of the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Poetry

    Discover the poet within! You’ve read poetry that has touched your heart, and you’d like to improve your own writing technique. But even though you have loads of inspiration, you’re discovering that good instruction can be as elusive as a good metaphor.The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Writing Poetry will help you compose powerful, emotion-packed poems that you can be proud of. You’ll learn:• Simple ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Singing School

    Learning to Write (and Read) Poetry by Studying with the Masters

    by Robert Pinsky ...
    “Magnificent . . . poems to inspire [with] brief and brilliant, offhand notes about how to read them.”—Alan Cheuse, NPRQuick, joyful, and playfully astringent, with surprising comparisons and examples, this collection takes an unconventional approach to the art of poetry. Instead of rules, theories, or recipes, Singing School emphasizes ways to learn from great work: studying magnificent, ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Don't Read Poetry

    A Book About How to Read Poems

    “At once erudite and colloquial” (New Yorker), this book provides an accessible introduction to the joys and challenges of poetryIn Don’t Read Poetry, poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduction to the seemingly daunting task of reading, understanding, and appreciating poetry. Burt dispels preconceptions about poetry and explains how poems speak to one another—and how ... Read more

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  • Begin Again

    A Biography of John Cage

    John Cage was a man of extraordinary and seemingly limitless talents: musician, inventor, composer, poet. He became a central figure of the avant-garde early in his life and remained at that pinnacle until his death in 1992 at the age of eighty. Now award-winning biographer Kenneth Silverman gives us the first comprehensive life of this remarkable artist. We follow Cage from his Los Angeles ... Read more

    Was $19.99 USD Now $14.99 USD

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Third Series

    Series series The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
    The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden editions guide you to a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream provides a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text and a full ... Read more

    $11.09 USD

  • Conversations with Peter Brook: 1970-2000

    Edited by Margaret Croyden ...
    -Peter Brook is considered one of the giants in world theatre. ... Read more

    $13.09 USD