Crossing unmarked snow
Subtitle: further views on the writer's vocation
By: William Stafford ; edited by Paul Merchant and Vincent Wixon.
Contributors: Merchant, Paul.; Wixon, Vincent.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
Subjects: Stafford, William, 1914-  -- Authorship.; Poetry -- History and criticism.; Poetry -- Study and teaching.; Poetry -- Authorship.; Poetics.
Description: A plainspoken but eminently effective poet, the late William Stafford (1914-93) managed to influence the mainstream of American poetry by distancing himself from its trends and politics.

Crossing Unmarked Snow continues - in the tradition of Stafford's well-loved collections Writing the Australian Crawl and You Must Revise Your Life - collecting prose and poetry on the writer's profession. The book includes reviews and reflections on poets from Theodore Roethke and Carolyn Forche to Philip Levine; conversations on the making of poems; and a selection of Stafford's own poetry.

The book also includes a section on the art of teaching, featuring interviews, writing exercises, and essays on the writer's vocation.