Beautiful & Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry

by David Orr

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0061673455

ISBN13:9780061673450

Release Date:April 2011

Publisher:Harper

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

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