The Power

"It sounds like a simple thing, to say what you see," Mark Doty begins. "But try to find words for the shades of a mottled sassafras leaf, or the reflectivity of a bay on an August morning, or the very beginnings of desire stirring in the gaze of someone looking right into your eyes . . ." Doty finds refuge in the sensory experience found in poems by Blake, Whitman, Bishop, and others. __The Art of Description__ is an invaluable book by one of America's most revered writers and teachers. 'the Art Of Description: World Into Word' Is Part Of The Art Of Series, A Line Of Books By Important Authors On The Craft Of Writing, Edited By Charles Baxter. Each Book Examines A Singular, But Often Assumed Or Neglect, Issue Facing The Contemporary Writer Of Fiction, Nonfiction, Or Poetry. 'the Art Of' Series Is Meant To Restore The Art Of Criticism While Illuminating The Art Of Writing --cover, P. 4. World Into Word -- A Tremendous Fish -- Remembered Stars -- Instruction And Resistance -- Four Sunflowers -- Description's Alphabet. Mark Doty.

"It sounds like a simple thing, to say what you see," Mark Doty begins. "But try to find words for the shades of a mottled sassafras leaf, or the reflectivity of a bay on an August morning, or the very beginnings of desire stirring in the gaze of someone looking right into your eyes . . ." Doty finds refuge in the sensory experience found in poems by Blake, Whitman, Bishop, and others. The Art of Description is an invaluable book by one of America's most revered writers and teachers.

"The art of description: world into word is part of The Art of series, a line of books by important authors on the craft of writing, edited by Charles Baxter. Each book examines a singular, but often assumed or neglected, issue facing the contemporary writer of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. The art of series is meant to restore the art of criticism while illuminating the art of writing."--Page 4 of cover Poet and memoirist Mark Doty ruminates on the importance of how we render the world through description.