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How to Write Poetry

Skipped the last entry University of Michigan Series of Poets on Poetry as it seems to contain over a hundred titles, some of which are already on the list. Find those here: https://www.press.umich.edu/browse/series/UM31
At times, the list just said something like "essays by so and so," and I found a book of selected essays. There are two essays by Don Paterson that can be found for free online, on his website and elsewhere, and the Tony Hoagland essay is free on Poetry magazine's website. I listed Virginia Woolf's A Writer's Diary, but I believe there exists a more extensive series of diaries by Woolf.
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What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Adrienne Rich)
What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics
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Adrienne Rich
The Poem's Heartbeat (Alfred Corn)
The Poem's Heartbeat
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Alfred Corn
Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera (Anne Carson)
Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera
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Anne Carson
Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop (Anne Stevenson)
Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop
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Anne Stevenson
Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End (Barbara Herrnstein Smith)
Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End
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Barbara Herrnstein Smith
Don't Ask Me What I Mean: Poets in Their Own Words (Various)
Don't Ask Me What I Mean: Poets in Their Own Words
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Various
Stepping Stones: Interviews With Seamus Heaney (Dennis O'Driscoll)
Stepping Stones: Interviews With Seamus Heaney
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Dennis O'Driscoll
The Art of Recklessness (Dean Young)
The Art of Recklessness
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Dean Young
101 Sonnets (Foreword) (Don Paterson)
101 Sonnets (Foreword)
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Don Paterson
The Vocation of Poetry (Durs Grunbein)
The Vocation of Poetry
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Durs Grunbein
Poetry Writing: The Expert Guide (Fiona Sampson)
Poetry Writing: The Expert Guide
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Fiona Sampson
On Poetry (Glyn Maxwell)
On Poetry
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Glyn Maxwell
In Their Own Words: Contemporary Poets on Their Poetry (Helen Ivory & George Szirtes (Eds))
In Their Own Words: Contemporary Poets on Their Poetry
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Helen Ivory & George Szirtes (Eds)
Effluences From the Sacred Caves: More Selected Essays and Reviews (Hayden Carruth)
Effluences From the Sacred Caves: More Selected Essays and Reviews
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Hayden Carruth
Beautiful and Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry (Jacqueline Saphra & David Orr)
Beautiful and Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry
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Jacqueline Saphra & David Orr
An Introduction to English Poetry (James Fenton)
An Introduction to English Poetry
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James Fenton
The Strength of Poetry (James Fenton)
The Strength of Poetry
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James Fenton
The Art of the Poetic Line (James Longenbach)
The Art of the Poetic Line
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James Longenbach
Nine Gates - Entering the Mind of Poetry (Jane Hirshfield)
Nine Gates - Entering the Mind of Poetry
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Jane Hirshfield
The Poet's Companion (Kim Addonizio & Dorianne Laux)
The Poet's Companion
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Kim Addonizio & Dorianne Laux
Ordinary Genius (Kim Addonizio)
Ordinary Genius
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Kim Addonizio
The Language of Inquiry (Lyn Hejinian)
The Language of Inquiry
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Lyn Hejinian
The Art of Description: World Into Word (Mark Doty)
The Art of Description: World Into Word
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Mark Doty
A Poet's Guide to Poetry (Mary Kinzie)
A Poet's Guide to Poetry
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Mary Kinzie
A Poetry Handbook (Mary Oliver)
A Poetry Handbook
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Mary Oliver
Rules for the Dance (Mary Oliver)
Rules for the Dance
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Mary Oliver
Madness, Rack, and Honey
Madness, Rack, and Honey
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Write Poetry and Get It Published (Matthew Sweeney & John Hartley Williams)
Write Poetry and Get It Published
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Matthew Sweeney & John Hartley Williams
Wallflowers (Michael Donaghy)
Wallflowers
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Michael Donaghy
Strong Words: Modern Poets on Modern Poetry (Various Authors)
Strong Words: Modern Poets on Modern Poetry
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Various Authors
The End of the Poem (Paul Muldoon)
The End of the Poem
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Paul Muldoon
Writing Poems (Peter Sansom)
Writing Poems
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Peter Sansom
Don't Ask (Philip Levine)
Don't Ask
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Philip Levine
So Ask (Philip Levine)
So Ask
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Philip Levine
The Practice of Poetry (Robin Behn and Chase Twitchell)
The Practice of Poetry
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Robin Behn and Chase Twitchell
Best Words, Best Order (Stephen Dobyns)
Best Words, Best Order
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Stephen Dobyns
Next Word, Better Word (Stephen Dobyns)
Next Word, Better Word
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Stephen Dobyns
Walking Light (Stephen Dunn)
Walking Light
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Stephen Dunn
The Ode Less Travelled
The Ode Less Travelled
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Poetry in the Making (Ted Hughes)
Poetry in the Making
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Ted Hughes
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