A Million MFAs Are Not Enough

Synopsis

Something Is Rotten In The State Of American Poetry. With Respect To Audience And Artistry, Poetry Has Shot Itself In Many Portions Of Its Anatomy, And Keeps Blasting. The Fact That Vast Numbers Of Poems Are Published Every Year, And A Large Number Of Creative Writing Students And Graduates Combine To Read A Few Of Them, Does Not Mean That Poetry Is On The Right Track. How Has The Erstwhile Queen Of The Arts Been Consigned To The Tiny Corner Of The Cultural Basement Where She Languishes Today--and How Can She Get Out? As An Acclaimed Poet And Veteran Teacher Of Poetry, Charles Harper Webb Knows What It Takes For A Poem To Grab A Reader's Attention And Hold On. As A Former Rock Singer/guitarist And A Licensed Psychotherapist, He Understands How To Connect With An Audience. A Million Mfas Are Not Enough Shows--with Wit And Style And Concrete Tips That Working Writers Can Use--how Poetry Can Return To Cultural Relevance Againches Foreword -- Apples And Orangutans : Competing Values In Contemporary Poetry -- Five Stand Up Poets -- In Defense Of Clarity -- Depression And American Poetry : A Psychotherapeutic Approach -- The Pleasure Of Their Company : Voice And Poetry -- The Myth Of Maturity -- A Defense Of Humor In Poetry -- How I Met The Prose Poem, And What Ensued -- The Poem As Fitness Display -- Back To The Narrative : Breathing New Life Into A Tired Form -- Where I Stand -- A Musician Considers The Music Of Poetry -- How Do They Do It? : The Powerful Poems Of Dorianne Laux And B.h. Fairchild -- When Goodness Is Not A Virtue : Morality, Psychology, And Poetry -- The Quick And The Dead : An Energy Crisis In Poetry -- The Limits Of Indeterminacy : A Defense Of Less Difficult Poetry -- Charles Harper Webb. Issued As Part Of Upcc Book Collections On Project Muse. Includes Bibliographical References. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.