Rose Metal Press’s guide gathers thirty-four short personal essays about prose poetry by practitioners and teachers of the form, including Joe Bonomo, Brigitte Byrd, Maxine Chernoff, Denise Duhamel, Ray Gonzalez, Bob Hicok, Tung-Hui Hu, David Keplinger, and Gary Young. The essays share a diverse range of experiences, influences, and styles that demonstrates the possibilities for innovation in the form, and each one is followed by two exemplary prose poems by the essayist.
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