Books by David Orr and Complete Book Reviews
David Orr. Harper, $25.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-06-167345-0
This debut from New York Times Book Review poetry columnist Orr is equal parts friendly invitation for the uniniti-ated into the joys and possibilities of reading poetry for the uninitiated and opinionated cultural critique of the contemporary...
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David Orr. Penguin Press, $25.95 (192p) ISBN 978-1-59420-583-5
New York Times poetry critic Orr, in his engaging follow-up to Beautiful and Pointless: A Guide to American Poetry, narrows his scope to focus on one of America’s most beloved and most misunderstood poems. Even with poetry‘s diminished hold on the...
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David Orr. Penguin, $16 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-0-14-312819-9
Orr (The Road Not Taken) collects entries from his New York Times poetry column from the past 15 years, analyzing the works of individual poets and the state of the form itself. He provides equal parts illuminating commentary and hilarious jabs at...
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