Trouble with Poetry Penology Copious notes from world-renowned classics

Copious notes from world-renowned classics expert Robin Waterfield enrich the understanding of even the most devoted Stoic

The greatest American novel to emerge from World War I

" -Wall Street Journal

stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime

But let’s be honest

Trouble with Poetry Penology Copious notes from world-renowned classicsPlayfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins. With his distinct voice and accessible language, America's two term Poet Laureate has opened the door to poetry for countless people for whom it might otherwise remain closed. Like the present book's title, Collins's poems are filled with mischief, humor, and irony, "Poetry speaks to all people, it is said, but here I would like to address only those in my own time zone" but