A WAY OF KNOWING
Stott, William R. / McCarren, Paul J.
Bill Stott gives this collection of poems the working title of "A Way of Knowing" because it's an exercise in epistemology. As a poet, he creates descriptions that are "concrete, specific, palpable, and real." How does Stott describe what's going on around him? He observes-watching, listening, watching and listening some more, then tells us what he's observed. You can recreate this experiment in epistemology if you read Stott's poems aloud. Sa...