Beautiful & Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry
Language: English
Published by Harper & Brothers, 2011
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: J.C. Bell, Lunenburg, NS, CanadaJ.C. Bell
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xviii, 200 pp; small remainder mark on bottom page edges. [19].
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- Title
- Beautiful & Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry
- Author
- David Orr
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0061673455
- ISBN 13
- 9780061673450
- Edition
- First Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Literary Criticism
"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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About the Author
David Orr is the poetry columnist for The New York Times Book Review. He is the winner of the Nona Balakian prize from the National Book Critics Circle and the Editors Prize for Reviewing from Poetry magazine. He lives in Ithaca, New York.
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J.C. Bell
Lunenburg, NS, Canada
AbeBooks seller since December 1, 1998
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