The Triggering Town : Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing

Author: Hugo, Richard

Creative writing & creative writing guides

Published on 24 September 2010 by WW Norton & Co in the United States.

Paperback / softback | 128 pages
212 x 148 x 8 | 126g

Richard Hugo, whom Carolyn Kizer called “one of the most passionate, energetic and honest poets living,” was that rare phenomenon—a distinguished poet who was also an inspiring teacher. The Triggering Town is Hugo’s classic collection of lectures, essays, and reflections, all “directed toward helping with that silly, absurd, maddening, futile, enormously rewarding activity: writing poems.” From pieces that include “Writing off the Subject” and “How Poets Make a Living,” anyone, from the beginning poet to the mature writer to the lover of literature, will benefit greatly from Hugo’s playful and profound insights into the mysteries of literary creation.