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Marbles on the floor : how to assemble a book of poems / Sarah Giragosian & Virginia Konchan, eds.

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University of Akron Press, 2023.

Poetry -- Authorship.

Poetry -- Criticism and interpretation.

American essays -- 21st century.

Akron series in contemporary poetics.

9781629222547 (pbk)

Alternate title:

How to assemble a book of poems

200 p. : ports. ; 23 cm.

Book design by Amy Freels

Includes: Discussion questions (p. 192-193) ; Acknowledgments ; Contributors ; [Editors].

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Restless Herd: Some Thoughts on Order / Diane Seuss -- Poems as Paintings: Life-Drawing in Words / Heather Treseler -- FAQ: from Press Authors, Graduate Students, and Editing Clients / Christopher Salerno -- The Body of the Poetry Manuscript: Patterning Your Collection with Structural Repetition / Annie Finch -- The Shapes of Books / Stephen Kampa -- Writing on the Wall: A Mystery / Alyse Knorr -- Some Assembly Required / Harvey Hix -- Leaping Between Seams: What Analog Collage Taught Me About Sequencing a Book of Poems / Karyna McGlynn -- Dreaming the Total Poem, Assembling the Counterarchive, Writing the Refuge / Philip Metres -- Dear Unexplainable / Kazim Ali -- Mystery and Legacy in Shaping a Manuscript / Cyrus Cassells -- Of Bonsais and Moons: An Epistolary on Making a Book of Poems / Victoria Chang.

"Marbles on the Floor: How to Assemble a Book of Poems was conceived from a poetic dialogue on how to shed light on the art and science behind the material construction of a poetry collection, and to generate a conversation around an art form too-long hermetically obscured. This anthology of interconnected essays (craft, lyric, and critical) explores the art and technique of poetry manuscript assembly as articulated by poets in all stages of their careers. Stylistically innovative, the essays range in conception from lyrical meditations, close readings, extended metaphors (including bookshelf assembly, cooking, caring for one's mother, and bonsai trees), and an F.A.Q for writers seeking to ask the hard questions of their manuscripts, and themselves. Theorizing the poetry manuscript process through creative and aleatory means and celebrating the richness and depth of our poetic origins and legacies, this anthology, a primer in autopoiesis, is a timely, invaluable, and compact resource for creative writing teachers, as well as emerging and established poets honing their craft. Writers in other genres (fiction and non-) will also benefit from this widely applicable yet nuanced and craft-based discussion of how to bring a book into being from vital contemporary perspectives on the narrative and lyric traditions. Contributors: Diane Seuss, Heather Treseler, Christopher Salerno, Annie Finch, Stephen Kampa, Alyse Knorr, Harvey Hix, Karyna McGlynn, Philip Metres, Kazim Ali, Cyrus Cassells, and Victoria Chang"--Publisher.

Literary criticism.

Giragosian, Sarah.

Konchan, Virginia.

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