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medium-paced
5.0
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TL;DR REVIEW:
How a Poem Moves is a friendly, accessible, super-digestible read perfect for anyone who wants practice reading poetry, with a smart, funny professor there to point out things you might have missed.
For you if: You are learning to read poetry more closely or intentionally.
FULL REVIEW:
How a Poem Moves was the third book I picked up in my quest to learn how to read poetry on a deeper level. First was How to Read Poetry Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, and second was Don’t Read Poetry by Stephanie Burt, both of which were excellent and helpful. This one was absolutely perfect to read next.
How a Poem Moves is basically like a poetry-reading practice book, or like taking a fun class with a smart, funny professor. At only about 200 pages, it contains more than 30 short chapters. Each one presents a single poem at the beginning, and then Adam Sol takes a couple of pages to help point out its brilliance and nuance. It’s sort of like No Fear Shakespeare for poetry, lol.
I really loved how digestible this book was. I actually just picked at it over the course of two months, reading a poem/chapter or two when my brain felt especially curious. Adam Sol is clearly an excellent teacher, and I’m jealous of all the students to get to take classes with him in real life!
If you’re looking for just a little bit of guidance as you practice reading poetry, this book will be perfect for you.
TL;DR REVIEW:
How a Poem Moves is a friendly, accessible, super-digestible read perfect for anyone who wants practice reading poetry, with a smart, funny professor there to point out things you might have missed.
For you if: You are learning to read poetry more closely or intentionally.
FULL REVIEW:
How a Poem Moves was the third book I picked up in my quest to learn how to read poetry on a deeper level. First was How to Read Poetry Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, and second was Don’t Read Poetry by Stephanie Burt, both of which were excellent and helpful. This one was absolutely perfect to read next.
How a Poem Moves is basically like a poetry-reading practice book, or like taking a fun class with a smart, funny professor. At only about 200 pages, it contains more than 30 short chapters. Each one presents a single poem at the beginning, and then Adam Sol takes a couple of pages to help point out its brilliance and nuance. It’s sort of like No Fear Shakespeare for poetry, lol.
I really loved how digestible this book was. I actually just picked at it over the course of two months, reading a poem/chapter or two when my brain felt especially curious. Adam Sol is clearly an excellent teacher, and I’m jealous of all the students to get to take classes with him in real life!
If you’re looking for just a little bit of guidance as you practice reading poetry, this book will be perfect for you.
breepi's review
4.0
I’ve been working my way through this book for a couple of months in fits & starts - haven’t tried to interpret a poem since grade 12, and loved how approachable and immersive this was.
babyco's review against another edition
5.0
Really enlightening. A lot of really great poems in here. Well-written and thought provoking. Am literally going to buy a copy of this to keep.
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