The Triggering Town

The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing

Richard Hugo (author)

Richard Hugo was that rare phenomenon-a distinguished poet who was also an inspiring teacher. The Triggering Town is his classic collection of lectures, essays and reflections "directed toward helping with that silly, absurd, maddening, futile, enormously rewarding activity: writing poems". The beginning poet, the mature writer and the lover of literature will all benefit from Hugo's playful and profound insights into literary creation.

Richard Hugo was for many years the director of the creative writing program at the University of Montana, Missoula Campus. He received the Theodore Roethke Memorial Prize and was twice nominated for the National Book Award.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Co.; Re-issue edition (24 Sept. 2010)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 109 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780393338720
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 1.02 x 21.08 cm