{"product_id":"how-to-think-like-a-poet-paperback","title":"How to Think Like a Poet - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRyan Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do poems mean, and how should they be read? How do symbols work? How does meter relate to poetry? Why do young artists' choices differ from those of older artists? At once scholarly and conversational, \u003cem\u003eHow to Think Like a Poet\u003c\/em\u003e answers all these questions and more. Building upon the ancient Greek concept of \u003cem\u003exenia\u003c\/em\u003e, or 'hospitality, ' Ryan Wilson helps us understand how poets 'articulate the particular' in the service of community. This essay is for anyone interested in reading or writing poetry, and it reminds us that 'To think like a poet is never to be bored again.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE for \u003cem\u003eHow to Think Like a Poet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an uncommon clarity and a uniquely graceful erudition, Ryan Wilson challenges us to think faithfully about our art and artfully about our faith. In so doing, he urges each of us to be more fully human, more fully the incarnate poem our maker intends. Candid, eloquent, insightful, and, above all, passionately hospitable, \u003cem\u003eHow to Think Like a Poet\u003c\/em\u003e invites us into poetic relationships, exchanges in which our minds creatively host the stranger-world while simultaneously enjoying that world's lavish generosities. Ultimately, these pages offer nothing less than the radical welcome of the authentically Christian imagination. - \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge David Clark\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reality is the host,\" Ryan Wilson reminds us, \"and our knowledge is the guest.\" And \"To think like a poet is...to seek those moments when the individual and fragmented takes its place in a greater pattern.\" At once heartening and challenging, hortatory and inspiring, Wilson's homiletic essay is a gentle but powerful companion on any poet's path. - \u003cstrong\u003eRachel Hadas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyan Wilson understands that poetry and all great literature concerns what it means to be human. In \u003cem\u003eHow to Think Like a Poet\u003c\/em\u003e he provides readers with insights into how to engage literature in ways that will enrich their capacities for experiencing literature and life in all its textures. This is an extraordinarily intelligent, insightful, and sensitive book, one in the tradition of Cleanth Brooks, Edward Hirsch, and other critics who know how and why poetry and literature matter. - \u003cstrong\u003eErnest Suarez \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 38\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.08 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47982544978141,"sku":"9781951319199","price":13.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/um-s_HQHft9781951319199.webp?v=1780271827","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/how-to-think-like-a-poet-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}