So i'm fairly new to the whole literature thing, only started reading heavily this year. In the past few weeks I read through The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano and Stoner by John Williams. These two made me think that I really need to start getting into more poetry but I'm not really sure what the place to start would be, any suggestions?
Just go to the library; imagine you haven't eaten in a week, and the poetry books are any kind of food.
read the classics ffs, contemporary lit is shit compared to them. as for poetry, read the poetry handbook by lennard to get a better grasp on how to read poetry properly then just go for your language most notable poets and read their work, it's that simple.
get an anthology. bloom or norton. ignore commentary beyond any background/context that you think is interesting, use it to find poems/poets you like. read more by the poet. find poets similar. start building out an idea of movements and how poetry evolved. go from there.
BolANO
Bolano has no redeeming qualities and I've read him in spanish
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>shitskin can't appreciate good art
what else is new?
