An impassioned call for a return to reading poetry and an incisive argument for poetry's accessibility to all readers, by critically acclaimed poet Matthew Zapruder In Why Poetry, award-winning poet ...

"I have a confession to make: I don't really understand poetry." So goes the opening line of poet Matthew Zapruder's forthcoming book "Why Poetry," which looks at why a lot of people feel alienated by ...

“Clearly, there is something about poetry that rattles and mystifies people, that puts them off, that makes them feel as if there is something wrong,” writes Matthew Zapruder in Why Poetry, a book ...

Matthew Zapruder makes the case for poetry’s accessibility and necessity in his debut work of nonfiction, “Why Poetry” (Ecco, $24.99). “The true meaning of a poem isn’t hidden in a textbook,” he ...

If a memoir is a structural exploration of a person’s mental and physical architecture and poetry on a most basic level is viewed as a science-minded investigation of language, it’s fair to say ...

When Matthew Zapruder was growing up, he never imagined he’d become a poet. In fact, he says, poetry wasn’t on his radar at all. “I did not think of myself as an artistic person growing up,” says ...

Oakland”s Matthew Zapruder, a celebrated poet and respected professor of English at Saint Mary”s College in Moraga, began a prestigious new job this week. He is the poetry column editor for The New ...

Oakland’s Matthew Zapruder, a celebrated poet and respected professor of English at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, began a prestigious new job this week. He is the poetry column editor for the New ...