The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing Summary
Richard Hugo

The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing Summary

"The Triggering Town" is written by Richard Hugo with the intent of helping aspiring poets develop their own style of writing. In the course of the book Hugo shares with his readers some of his own personal writing techniques as well as some of the basic fundamentals of writing. Hugo also writes about Thomas Reothke, the poetry teacher who most influenced both his writing and teaching. The point Hugo hopes to...

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