Reviews for Finders Keepers: Selected Prose, 1971-2001

The average rating for Finders Keepers: Selected Prose, 1971-2001 based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-07-24 00:00:00 Matthew Timmons Again and again, I felt that I was sitting in a room with a brilliant friend discussing poetry, poets and poetics. The wonderful thing is that I can go back and savor his wise thoughts again and again through this fine book of essays. Many times I simply put the book down to think about, grasp and sometimes challenge his analyses. But, so often I was introduced to in a new way to poets, particularly contemporary Irish poets that I knew only in passing...having read a poem or two. Heaney makes it clear why they are important, what is most interesting in their work and why the reader should make an effort to find their body of work. That is the kind of delightful reading experience I try to search out...and sometimes find. Highly recommended.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-12-11 00:00:00 Kenneth Tindale Anthony Hecht put this on his short list of prose works from which poets can learn more of their craft.