Reviews for Discoveries and Inventions in Literature for Youth: A Guide and Resource Book

The average rating for Discoveries and Inventions in Literature for Youth: A Guide and Resource Book based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-04-19 00:00:00 Mary Flanagan A few years ago, whenever I encountered poetry that made no sense to me, I blamed myself for being too dense to understand it. After getting an MFA from a top 5 school and starting medical school I eventually was forced to come to the conclusion that I am not a stupid person. So now I'm going to say confidently: this collection makes no sense. The gorgeous cover and lovely title seduced me into picking this book up, but I was quickly disappointed. Gridley arranges words without much care for meaning-making--which I might let slide if the musicality of the poems were stunning. But they're not. These are the sort of inscrutable pieces that students unfamiliar with poetry think of when they imagine a poem: pretty, abstract, and impenetrable. Frankly the only emotion these poems evoked in me was annoyance.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-03-25 00:00:00 Barbara Sweeton A beautiful book, teeming with wordplay and odd word pairings. Intellectual, innovative, and bold. Highly recommended. "Moon to light the spaces of the glossary. Birdless oak of folded wings, shadows clotting the moon-green crown." (from Against the Throne and Monarchy of God)