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David Orr
Beautiful & Pointless [EPUB ebook]
A Guide to Modern Poetry

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"David Orr is no starry-eyed cheerleader for contemporary poetry; Orr’s a critic, and a good one. . . . Beautiful & Pointless is a clear-eyed, opinionated, and idiosyncratic guide to a vibrant but endangered art form, essential reading for anyone who loves poetry, and also for those of us who mostly just admire it from afar." —Tom Perrotta Award-winning New York Times Book Review poetry columnist David Orr delivers an engaging, amusing, and stimulating tour through the world of poetry. With echoes of Francine Prose’s Reading Like a Writer, Orr’s Beautiful & Pointless offers a smart and funny approach to appreciating an art form that many find difficult to embrace.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780062079411 ● Publisher HarperCollins ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5644246 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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