How to Be a Poet

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In her second book of erasures, JM Farkas takes on Ovid'sArs Amatoria, or "The Artof Love." In her signature feminist, revisionist twist, Farkas speaks to emerging "girl" poets.How to Be a Poetis not only for writers, but for anyone who wants to create beauty in the world. In addition to the erasure,How to Be a Poet includes a second version of the poem in a style thatleaves the original text visible for readers who want to read the scandalous source material.

avenge your mother. invent
a girl with a reckless heart.
free her in her tower. be a thief,
snatch time, every time you write...

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J. M. Farkas is a rebel-teacher, poet, and YA novelist with deep ties to high school and university writing, young adult literature, and poetry communities.