The Art of Description bookcover

The Art of Description

World into Word

Mark Doty 

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Description

"It sounds like a simple thing, to say what you see," Mark Doty begins. "But try to find words for the shades of a mottled sassafras leaf, or the reflectivity of a bay on an August morning, or the very beginnings of desire stirring in the gaze of someone looking right into your eyes . . ." Doty finds refuge in the sensory experience found in poems by Blake, Whitman, Bishop, and others. The Art of Description is an invaluable book by one of America's most revered writers and teachers.

Product Details

PublisherGraywolf Press
Publish DateJuly 20, 2010
Pages128
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781555975630
Dimensions7.2 X 130.8 X 11.3 mm | 0.3 pounds

About the Author

MARK DOTY is the author of eight collections of poetry, including Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. He teaches at Rutgers University and lives in New York.

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