This manuscript addresses the process and product of this author’s creative writing, and the literary traditions from which it has grown. The chapters of the critical introduction are a discussion of the craft techniques of Mark Doty, Ted Kooser, Richard Hugo, Mary Oliver and Molly Peacock. Additionally, Nick Flynn, Sidney Lea, Nickole Brown are featured for their style and form and Brigit Pegeen Kelly for her surreal, otherworldly settings and tone.
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