The Muses Among Us: Eloquent Listening and Other Pleasures of the Writer's Craft

by Kim Stafford

Book Overview

The Muses Among Us is an inviting, encouraging book for writers at any stage of their development. In a series of first-person letters, essays, manifestos, and notes to the reader, Kim Stafford shows... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820324965
• ISBN13: 9780820324968
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Exquisite, Life-Enhancing Prose

As a writer, I love this beautiful little book. As simply a reader, I still would have loved it!Son of outstanding poet, William Stafford, Kim Robert Stafford has his own unique and beautiful writing style. There is a succinct eloquence in his prose that, at times, is so poetically breath-taking ~ one must stop,go back and re-read the given passage to savour thehidden nuance of deeper meaning.Stafford never rambles or drifts, he does not dwellin the shallows of trite meaningless verbosity ~each word he writes carries depth and insight,each chapter enriches perception. This is pure literary kindling for any writer who feels their creativity needs a little spark...Serving to remind you, with every page, of the original joy to be found in artistic craft.

Fresh Perspective and Insight

I came across this book at the local library in the new book section, had the book six weeks total and decided I had to buy it. There are simply too many subtleties, suggestions and insights to explore. If you aspire to be or if you are a writer, you'll treasure the ideas and admire the warm, personal tone of a man who invites you to open yourself to others, to the world around you and the world within. I didn't realize until part way through the book that Kim Stafford is an Oregon writer. It was good to see familiar places in fluid prose and through another's eyes.