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Originally published: New York: American Council on Education:
Macmillan Pub. Co., c1989, in series: American Council on
Education/Macmillan series in higher education.
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Ursula Lake (Paperback)
Charles Harper Webb
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R396
R360
Discovery Miles 3 600
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Former best friends Scott and Errol meet unexpectedly at Oso Lake,
a remote Canadian fly-fishing paradise where, five years before,
fresh out of college, they had the time of their lives. Their
situations, though, have changed, their high hopes quashed by
workaday realities and, in Errol's case, marriage to Claire, who
has come with him trying to stave off divorce. But Oso Lake has
changed. The fall before, a woman's severed head was left in a
campfire pit beside the lake. The shadow cast by her murder is
darkened further by a fire-scarred white truck driver who claims to
be a long-dead Native shaman and has plans to eradicate not only
Scott, Errol, and Claire, but all of Western civilization. The
beauty of the wilderness becomes, every day, more threatening and
perverse. But the worst danger the vacationers face may be
themselves.
Something is rotten in the state of American poetry. Â 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. Â 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 again. Â
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Brain Camp (Paperback)
Charles Harper Webb
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R417
R343
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Powered by a fierce, compassionate intelligence, Brain Camp
explores with clarity and vividness a wide spectrum of
emotions—love to hate, tenderness to brutality—all from a
perspective both universal yet distinctly Webb's. Metaphors of
startling aptness and originality, a voice at once endearing and
provocative, high musicality, propulsive energy, wild imaginative
leaps, as well as a mastery of diction from lyricism to
street-speak, create a reading experience of the first order. These
poems go down easy, but pack a wallop. As Robert Frost said poetry
should do, Brain Camp "begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
An accessible new and selected collection of poems for poetry
insiders and general readers. Powerful, passionate, humorous, and
often complex, yet fun to read. They go down easy, but pack a
whallop.
 Charles Harper Webb’s eccentric and distinct writing style
makes this collection of poetry a funny and charmingly memorable
read. A melting pot of pop culture, historical references, and
everyday life, Webb’s poems are refreshingly candid and
straightforward. Â
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