Night errands
Subtitle: how poets use dreams
By: edited by Roderick Townley.
Contributors: Townley, Rod.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Pittsburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Dreams in literature.; Poetry -- Authorship.
Description: Night Errands is a long overdue anthology, comprising personal essays and accompanying poems by over two dozen contemporary American poets. It is the first collection to focus specifically on the messages the subconscious sends nightly to poets, and the ways such communications affect their work. The book is based on the premise that dreams and poetry are intimately related and, in fact, parallel languages.

Both rely on compression, juxtaposition, deep imagery, and ambiguity to create a charged atmosphere and unearth buried truths.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-240).