The Art of Recklessness - (Art Of...) by Dean Young (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Portions of this book appeared in various forms in American poetry, Poetry, and Poets & writers"--T.p. verso.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In <i>The Art of Recklessness</i>, Dean Young's sprawling and subversive first book of prose on poetry, imagination swerves into primitivism and surrealism and finally toward empathy. How can recklessness guide the poet, the artist, and the reader into art, and how can it excite in us a sort of wild receptivity, beyond craft? "Poetry is not a discipline," Young writes. "It is a hunger, a revolt, a drive, a mash note, a fright, a tantrum, a grief, a hoax, a debacle, an application, an affect . . ."</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>DEAN YOUNG</b> is the author of nine collections of poetry, including <i>Primitive Mentor</i>, <i>Embryoyo</i>, and <i>Elegy on Toy Piano</i>, which was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. He teaches at the University of Texas, Austin.</p>
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