Elizabeth Bishop: One Art

Lecturer: Diane Thiel

Click on the links below to view the lectures.

Part 1: Reading	Part 2: Interpreting	Part 3: Writing
Choose "Reading" to hear Diane Thiel give an interpretative reading of Elizabeth Bishop's poem "One Art."	Choose "Interpreting" to gain insights into the structure, form, and images in "One Art."	Choose "Writing" to hear suggestions for writing about "One Art."
Questions for Thinking and Writing	Questions for Thinking and Writing	Questions for Thinking and Writing

About the Lecturer:
Diane Thiel is the author of four books of poetry and nonfiction: Echolocations (Nicholas Roerich Prize, 2000), Writing Your Rhythm (2001),The White Horse: A Colombian Journey (2004), and Resistance Fantasies (2004). She also has written two new textbooks which recently appeared from Longman: Crossroads: Creative Writing Exercises in Four Genres (2005) and Open Roads: Exercises in Writing Poetry (2005). Her work appears in numerous publications including Poetry, The Hudson Review, and Best American Poetry 1999, and is re-printed in over twenty major anthologies from Longman, Bedford/St. Martin's, HarperCollins, Beacon, Henry Holt, and McGraw-Hill, including Twentieth Century American Poetry. A recipient of the Robert Frost and Robinson Jeffers Awards, and a recent Fulbright Scholar, she is on the creative writing faculty at the University of New Mexico. For more information, visit her web page: http://www.dianethiel.net.