Join the Sioux City Public Library’s Open Book Club as we discuss ‘Letters to a Young Poet’ by Rainer Maria Rilke.
BOOK SYNOPSIS
The great German lyric poet Rainer Maria Rilke published his first collection of poems in 1898 and went on to become renowned for his delicate depiction of the workings of the human heart. Drawn by some sympathetic note in his poems, young people often wrote to Rilke with their problems and hopes. From 1903 to 1908 Rilke wrote a series of remarkable responses to a young, would-be poet on poetry and on surviving as a sensitive observer in a harsh world. Those letters, still a fresh source of inspiration and insight, are accompanied here by a chronicle of Rilke’s life that shows what he was experiencing in his own relationship to life and work when he wrote them.
CHECK OUT A COPY
Find ‘Letters to a Young Poet’ by Rainer Maria Rilke in the Library’s catalog here:
https://catalog.siouxcitylibrary.org/search/title.aspx…
DISCUSSIONS HELD EACH MONTH
Open Book Club hosts lively discussions with fellow reading enthusiasts every month! Watch our website and Facebook page for the new titles and come enjoy the conversation!