Title: A way of happening
Subtitle: observations of contemporary poetry
First published: 1998
Description: One of our most acclaimed and versatile authors, Fred Chappell is comfortably at home in fiction, poetry, and literary criticism. A Way of Happening gathers his essays and reviews of contemporary poetry. Chappell consider new writers as well as more established authors, including Alfred Corn, William Matthews, A. R. Ammons, Linda Pastan, Julia Randall, Cornelius Eady, Alan Shapiro, and many others.

And there are essays on the plight of the critic ("Thanks but No Thanks") and the delicate role of the writing teacher ("First Night Come Round Again").
Subjects: American poetry, History, Criticism, Study and teaching (Higher), Poetics, History and criticism, Geschichte 1985-1995, Lyrik, Aufsatzsammlung
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS325 .C48 1998