Name: Madness, Rack, and Honey
ISBN: 9781933517575

Mary Ruefle

Cultural criticism meets poetry memoir—a contemporary master reflects on a life dedicated to poetry.

Collected Lectures

Madness, Rack, and Honey

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To live is so startling, it leaves little room for other occupations.

it took me forever to finish this book and for good reason—Ruefle's Madness, Rack, and Honey is less book, less collection of essays, and more wisdom meant to be savoured in uneasy, measured doses. each essay, no, each page, demands contemplation. it's no surprise to me that this text is mentioned in every single craft class I have ever been to; there are entire lifetimes of knowing encapsulated in the small pages of this text, both for the poet and the person. I have a feeling this is one of those I will return to over and over again for as long as I shall call myself a writer. truly astounding

Madness, Rack, and Honey Collected Lectures