Title: Where did poetry come from
Description: "Where Did Poetry Come From: Some Early Encounters by Geoffrey O'Brien is a memoir of early experiences of hearing and reading-of poems, but also song lyrics, advertising jingles, plays, and novels-that prompted a life-long engagement with poetry. Written in a call-and-response form to reenact the relation between reader and text, it traces an arc from infancy to adolescence"--
Subjects: Childhood and youth, Knowledge, Poetry, Oral interpretation, American literature
People: Geoffrey O'Brien (1948-)