How to Be a Poet
Published on 26. September 2025
232 pages
978-1-5248-6027-1 (ISBN)
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In her second book of erasures, JM Farkas takes on Ovid's
Ars Amatoria, or "The Artof Love." In her signature feminist, revisionist twist, Farkas speaks to emerging "girl" poets.
How to Be a Poetis not only for writers, but for anyone who wants to create beauty in the world. In addition to the erasure,
How to Be a Poet includes a second version of the poem in a style thatleaves the original text visible for readers who want to read the scandalous source material.
avenge your mother. invent
a girl with a reckless heart.
free her in her tower. be a thief,
snatch time, every time you write...
avenge your mother. invent
a girl with a reckless heart.
free her in her tower. be a thief,
snatch time, every time you write...
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J. M. Farkas
How to Be a Poet
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12/2019
Andrews McMeel Publishing
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