. . "Ambition and survival becoming a poet"@en . "Electronic books"@en . "Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet is a collection of stirring personal essays and critical prose on a wide range of subjects: reading Paradise Lost in Guatemala, recalling violent episodes from the poet's youth, traveling in Africa with an eccentric father, as well as a series of penetrating essays on poets, poetry, and poetry's place in our lives. The book concludes with a portrait of Wiman's diagnosis with a rare cancer, and a clear-eyed declaration of what it means - for an artist and a person - to have faith in the face of death. -- BOOK JACKET." . . . . "Ambition and survival : becoming a poet" . "An intimate first book of personal essays and incisive commentary from the editor of Poetry."@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Poetry." . . "Poetry Authorship." . . "Poems." . . . . "Poésie Art d'écrire." . .