Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Contributors ix
5. Editor’s Essay Interfrictions 1
6. ‘This alabaster spell’: poetry as historicist method 27
7. Then again what do I know: reflections on reflection in creative writing 49
8. Writers as readers, readers as writers: ‘focal-plane’ activities in creative writing practice 71
9. The theology of Marilyn Monroe 93
10. Black and white and re(a)d all over: the poetics of embarrassment 113
11. Linguistically wounded: the poetical scholarship of Veronica Forrest-Thomson 133
12. ‘Jump to the skies’: critical and creative responses to creative writing – theory and practice 157
13. Translating cities: walking and poetry 177
14. Noisy, like a frog … 199
15. Bibliography 221
16. Index 229