To Be the Poet
| Author | : Maxine Hong Kingston |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 124 |
| Release | : 2009-06-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674039636 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674039637 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (637 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis To Be the Poet by : Maxine Hong Kingston
Download or read book To Be the Poet written by Maxine Hong Kingston and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have almost finished my longbook, Maxine Hong Kingston declares. "Let my life as Poet begin...I won't be a workhorse anymore; I'll be a skylark." To Be the Poet is Kingston's manifesto, the avowal and declaration of a writer who has devoted a good part of her sixty years to writing prose, and who, over the course of this spirited and inspiring book, works out what the rest of her life will be, in poetry.