Three Talks: Metaphor and Metonymy, Meaning and Mystery, Magic and Morality But Amy was running from

But Amy was running from something--a secret she was keeping not only from her family and friends

William Gay wields a prose as evocative and lush as the haunted and humid world it depicts

But she doesn't have a clue who her father is

most of them gendered: possession

"Roussey's whimsical

Three Talks: Metaphor and Metonymy, Meaning and Mystery, Magic and Morality But Amy was running fromThree Talks is the first prose collection by the award winning poet and educator Brenda Hillman. These short essays on six M's of the art of poetry make the form accessible in a novel way, exploring words that might appear incompatible but become dancing partners in Hillman's artistic vision: metaphor and metonymy; meaning and mystery; magic and morality. First delivered as a series of talks at the University of Virginia, the essays maintain a casual,