Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing

"e;Richard Hugo's free-swinging, go-for-it remarks on poetry and the teaching of poetry are exactly what are needed in classrooms and in the world."e;James DickeyRichard Hugo was that rare phenomenon of American lettersa distinguished poet who was also an inspiring teacher. The Triggering Town is Hugo's now-classic collection of lectures, essays, and reflections, all "e;directed toward helping with that silly, absurd, maddening, futile, enormously rewarding activity: writing poems."e; Anyone, from the beginning poet to the mature writer to the lover of literature, will benefit greatly from Hugo's sayd, playful, profound insights and advice concerning the mysteries of literary creation.