Authors	Adam Sol
Publisher	ECW Press
Publication Year	2019

ISBN: 9781770414563

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How a Poem Moves

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A Field Guide for Readers of Poetry

Developed from Adam Sol’s popular blog, How a Poem Moves is a collection of 35 short essays that walks readers through an array of contemporary poems. Sol is a dynamic teacher, and in these essays, he has captured the humor and engaging intelligence for which he is known in the classroom. With a breezy style, Sol delivers essays that are perfect for a quick read or to be grouped together as a curriculum.

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Adam Sol

Adam Sol is an award-winning poet, writer, and teacher. He has published four collections of poetry, including Crowd of Sounds, which won Ontario’s Trillium Book Award. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, with his wife, Rabbi Yael Splansky, and their three sons.

Chapter	Contributors	Pages	Year	Price
Introduction View	Adam Sol	5	2019	$0.50
How a Poem Puts Skin on a Mystery - How a Poem Shapes Memory - How a Poem Articulates a Feeling - How a Poem Crystalizes an Image Philip Levine, "Making Light of It" – Deborah Digges, "Stealing Lilacs in the Cemetary" – C.K. Williams, "Love: Beginnings" – Yusef Komunyakaa, … View	Adam Sol	20	2019	$2.00
How a Poem Makes Meaning with Music - How a Poem Snapshots a Moment of Drama - How a Poem Seduces Us with Outlandishness - How a Poem Cooks Up Dark Insight - How a Poem Pushes Us Away and Beckons Us Closer Elise Partridge, "Domestic Interior: Child Watching Mother" – Tiphanie Yanique, "My brother comes to me" – Diane Seuss, "Free beer" – Philip … View	Adam Sol	24	2019	$2.40
How a Poem Wrestles with Its Inheritance - How a Poem Lives Between Languages - How a Poem Invites Us to Praise - How a Poem Answers Some Questions but Not Others Rahat Kurd: "Ghazal: In the Persian" – Natalia Toledo, translated by Clare Sullivan, "Flower That Drops Its Petals" – Ross Gay, "Ode to Drinking Water from My … View	Adam Sol	25	2019	$2.50
How a Poem Clarifies Its Blur - How a Poem Changes As We Read - How a Poem Will (Not) Save Us - How a Poem Loves a Misunderstanding Jeff Latosik, "Aubade Photoshop" – Ali Blythe, "Shattered" – Raoul Fernandes, "Life with Tigers" – Richard Siken, "Dots Everywhere" View	Adam Sol	22	2019	$2.20
How a Poem Mistrusts Its Idols - How a Poem Doesn't Dish - How a Poem Impersonates a Tomato - How a Poem Seeks New Model - How a Poem Makes Itself Out of Unusual Materials Cassidy McFadzean, "You Be the Skipper, I’ll Be the Sea" – Damian Rogers, "Ode to a Rolling Blackout" – Oliver Bendorf, "Queer Facts about … View	Adam Sol	28	2019	$2.80
How a Poem Chooses the Apocalypse Behind Curtain #3 - How a Poem Assembles a Smashed Record for Posterity - How a Poem Tries to Connect Us, Despite the Obstacles - How a Poem Welcomes Us to the Neighbourhood Jennifer L. Knox, "The New Let’s Make a Deal – George Murray, from "#DaydreamBereaver" – Donna Stonecipher’s "Model City [4]" – Bren … View	Adam Sol	21	2019	$2.10
How a Poem Evokes Wonder - How a Poem Reaches for Trancendence - How a Poem Mourns - How a Poem Confronts the Limitations of Our Empathy Sarah Holland-Batt, "Botany" – Eric Pankey, "Ash" – Don Paterson, "Mercies" – Soraya Peerbaye, "Trials" View	Adam Sol	21	2019	$2.10
How a Poem Tries to Get into It - How a Poem Chattily Wonders about Life's Purpose - How a Poem Transforms a Stroll into a Ceremony - How a Poem Imperfectly Reconciles Complexity - How a Poem Haunts Rowan Ricardo Phillips, "Little Song" – Ulrikka S. Gernes, "On H.C. Andersen Boulevard During Rush Hour" – Joy Harjo, "Walk" – Liz Howard, "A … View	Adam Sol	30	2019	$3.00

How a Poem Moves

A Field Guide for Readers of Poetry

Contributors

Adam Sol

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