Nine Gates : Entering the Mind of Poetry History Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Immense World

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Nine Gates : Entering the Mind of Poetry History Pulitzer Prize-winning author of AnA Gate Enables passage between what is inside and what is outside, and the connection poetry forges between inner and outer lives is the fundamental theme of these nine essays. Nine Gates begins with a close examination of the roots of poetic craft in the mind of concentration and concludes by exploring the writer's role in creating a sense of community that is open, inclusive and able to bind the individual and the whole in a way that allows each