Tania Runyan – författare

How to read a poem. A lot of books want to teach you just that. How is this one different? Think of it less as an instructional book and more as an invitation.For the reader new to poetry, this guide will open your senses to the combined craft and magic known as "e;poems"e;. For the well versed, if you will, this book might make you fall in love again.How to Read a Poem uses images like the mouse, the hive, the switch (from the Billy Collins poem "e;Introduction to Poetry"e;)—to guide readers into new ways of understanding poems. Excellent teaching tool. Anthology included.

Is it possible to teach someone how to write a poem? Or does poetry simply "e;come from the heart"e; or from a special talent only some can ever hope to have?Of course there's no formula for writing an amazing poem. If poems came with instructions like IKEA® coffee tables, we'd all be missing the point. But this book will give you some strategies—some tools, if you will—to assemble your personal, imaginative raw materials into poems that will surprise and intrigue. These strategies are focused primarily on free verse, yet many of the concepts can also be applied to form poetry, at both the inception and revision stages.How to Write a Poem uses images like the buzz, the switch, the wave—from the Billy Collins poem "e;Introduction to Poetry"e;—to guide writers into new ways of writing poems. Excellent teaching tool. Anthology and prompts included.

For over 15 years, Tania Runyan has guided thousands of students in understanding, exploring, and crafting the college application essay—with winning results.This guide explains what the college application essay is all about: why a student has to write it, the nature of this special writing project, when and how a student should start, and what can be learned about writing itself through this milestone process.Providing everything a student needs to go from draft to polished essay, the instruction is straightforward, easy to apply, and inspiring. Woven throughout this engaging guide are illuminating quotes from admissions counselors who want to read just the kind of essays this book can help a student write.Includes sample essays from students who got into the colleges of their dreams. Also features helpful samples for special situations like transfers. Invaluable resource!