The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing

Richard Hugo, whom Carolyn Kizer called ��ne of the most passionate, energetic and honest poets living,��was that rare phenomenon--a distinguished poet who was also an inspiring teacher. The Triggering Town is Hugo's classic collection of lectures, essays, and reflections, all ��irected toward helping with that silly, absurd, maddening, futile, enormously rewarding activity: writing poems.��From pieces that include ��riting off the Subject��and ��ow Poets Make a Living,��anyone, from the beginning poet to the mature writer to the lover of literature, will benefit greatly from Hugo's playful and profound insights into the mysteries of literary creation.