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About the author
Editor ROSANNA McGLONE is a writer and journalist whose features have appeared in numerous outlets including The Weekend Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Guardian and Salon.com. Her earlier book featuring UK poets, The Process of Poetry, on which The Making of a Poem is modelled, was number one on Amazon in the UK, featured on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row and has been widely taught in British universities.
Contributing poets to The Making of a Poem are Judith Beveridge, Gavin Yuan Gao, Sarah Holland-Batt, John Kinsella, Anthony Lawrence, Bella Li, Audrey Molloy, Judith Nangala Crispin, Sarah M Saleh, Jaya Savige and Mark Tredinnick
About the book
The Making of a Poem is an exploration of the craft of poetry. It provides a rare insight into how poems are made, exploring a poem’s journey from a rough draft into its final form. The book showcases a wide variety of forms--from free verse to prose poetry, from sonnet to Abecedarian--and a diversity of redrafting techniques.
Experienced journalist and teacher Rosanna McGlone interviews eleven of Australia’s most accomplished and celebrated poets about their poetic practice. The poets come from across Australia, from Western Australia to Queensland, and differ widely in age and background. But the contributors are united in their outstanding level of achievement and in their willingness to share their redrafting process.
Each interview explores in detail the development of a single poem from an early draft to the final published version. The interviews capture the unique way in which each poem was developed, probing specific decisions on word choice and rhythm as well as broader questions such as the place of personal experience in poetry and how content is married with form..
This book is an indispensable resource for those teaching the craft of poetry, an invaluable source of insights for those who practice that craft and a fascinating window into the creative process for all readers of poetry.
For those coming to poetry for the first time or looking to refresh their understanding of the art, this book of
curated interviews is an important and highly valuable companion as well as a potential apprenticeship.
GEORGE SZIRTES
This book is your front row seat at the crafting of a poem. Nourishing doses of insight from some of
Australia ’s best poets.
ALI WHITELOCK
A masterclass in eleven poems, and a gift of a book for every poet, teacher, and reader of poetry.
BEN DODDS
Here, we get to see the scaffolding behind the velvet drapes—the process that puts a poem together and hones its language. An inspiring, brilliant resource for writers, teachers, students and readers.
EMILY ZOEY BAKER