{"product_id":"next-line-please-9781501715006","title":"Next Line Please","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, David Lehman, the longtime series editor of the \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, offers a masterclass in writing in form and collaborative composition. An inspired compilation of his weekly column on the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e website, \u003ci\u003eNext Line, Please\u003c\/i\u003e makes the case for poetry open to all. \u003ci\u003eNext Line, Please\u003c\/i\u003e gathers in one place the popular column's plethora of exercises and prompts that Lehman designed to unlock the imaginations of poets and creative writers. He offers his generous and playful mentorship on forms such as the sonnet, haiku, tanka, sestina, limerick, and the cento and shares strategies for how to build one line from the last. This groundbreaking book shows how pop-up crowds of poets can inspire one another, making art, with what poet and guest editor Angela Ball refers to as spontaneous feats of language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can poetry thrive in the digital age? \u003ci\u003eNext Line, Please\u003c\/i\u003e shows the way. Lehman writes, There is something magical about po\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What an informative, readable, democratic book! With unassuming brilliance, it both says and demonstrates so much of what is both pleasurable and useful about poetry, and also that poetry belongs to everyone. I can think of no book better to hand to poetry lovers and skeptics alike.\" -- Matthew Zapruder, author of \u003ci\u003eWhy Poetry and Sun Bear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I can't tell you what a pleasure it is to have read Next Line, Please. There's nothing like the civility and geniality of the respondents. I found myself hooked by the prompts, unable to stop doodling with them.\" -- Jennifer Clarvoe, Professor of English Emerita, Kenyon College, author of \u003ci\u003eInvisible Tender and Counter-Amore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409327497559,"sku":"9781501715006","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501715006.jpg?v=1730506434","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/next-line-please-9781501715006","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}