Mark Yakich is the Gregory F. Curtin, S.J., Distinguished Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans, USA, as well as a poet, novelist, and editor, and he has been teaching reading and writing poetry for more than 20 years.

• Warning Introduction Part I. Reading Essentials Poetic Aims Accessibility Biography Close Reading Emotion Pattern and Variation Ineffability Sound Work Rhythm Enjambment The Line The Lyric Metaphor Ambiguity Dickinson Classics Myths AppropriationGreat Books Whitman Imagery Roses Prose Poetry Narrative Criticism and Theory Pessoa Political Poetry Aesthetics Reader Response Classroom Reading Poetry Readings Reader’s Block Spirituality Flight Part 2. Writing First Principles Form Sonnet IdentitySelf-Expression MemorySublimation Imitation Avant-Garde Translation Technique The Creative Writing Classroom The Workshop Peer Review Revision Poet-Teachers Professionalization Master of Fine Arts Literary Magazines Publication Series, Sequence Chapbook, Manuscript Collections Book Reviews Writing Conferences Culture Jamming Poetic Practices MoodsDepressionMeditationProcrastination End Notes Epilogue Acknowledgments Index

A companionable and enriching book for readers and writers of poetry alike. Diverse in scope and fresh in its perspective, Poetry: A Survivor’s Guide is an essential resource.