Beautiful & Pointless - by David Orr (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><P>"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 <P>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. "<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>David Orr is no starry-eyed cheerleader for contemporary poetry; Orr's a critic, and a good one. . . . <em>Beautiful & Pointless </em>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 <p>Award-winning <em>New York Times Book Review </em>poetry columnist David Orr delivers an engaging, amusing, and stimulating tour through the world of poetry. With echoes of Francine Prose's <em>Reading Like a Writer</em>, Orr's <em>Beautiful & Pointless</em> offers a smart and funny approach to appreciating an art form that many find difficult to embrace. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Contemporary poetry may seem like a foreign country you've barely visited and wouldn't dream of living in. <em>Beautiful & Pointless</em>, however, reveals how to accept the foreignness of poetry in the same way we accept the strange delights of a place we're traveling to for the first time. Expect a little confusion, many delightful surprises, and a few experiences that will change the way you think about language and life. </p><p>Award-winning critic David Orr is what every reader hopes for: the guide who points the way, doesn't talk too much, and helps you see what you might have missed on your own. Stimulating, amusing, and utterly engrossing, <em>Beautiful & Pointless</em> empowers us to engage with poetry as individual readers, allowing each of us to appreciate it in our own way.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<i>Beautiful & Pointless</i> 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."--<b>Tom Perrotta</b><br><br>"<i>Beautiful and Pointless</i> holds a mirror up to the poetry world itself. Orr starts from a brilliantly accurate characterization of what it feels like to read a poem, which should be up on the wall in every high school English classroom."--<b><i>Slate</b></i><br><br>"A passionate, nimble little book."--<b>David Kirby, <i>The New York Times Book Review</b></i><br><br>"A short, lively guidebook. . . . With informal spirit and playful wit, Orr invites readers to disagree with him. . . . He comes across as an engaged, discriminating reader-critic concerned with examining rather than selling us a product."--<b>William H. Pritchard, <i>Commonweal</i></b><br><br>"David Orr is an authentic iconoclast. His criticism is exuberant and original. Dr. Johnson, my critical hero, urged us to clear our mind of cant. Orr has cleared his. He will enhance the perception of his readers. And he wins my heart by his love for Edward Lear."--<b>Harold Bloom</b><br><br>"David Orr reminds us that poetry is an ancient and living art, a robust American art, and not a commodity or vehicle for self-expression, social betterment, or career enhancement. He argues his case with passion, eloquence, erudition and good sense - and, as is his custom, not a little moxy."--<b>August Kleinzahler</b><br><br>"Equal parts friendly invitation for the uninitiated into the joys and possibilities of reading poetry for the uninitiated and opinionated cultural critique of the contemporary American poetry scene. . . . The book covers a heck of a lot without getting lost in the esoteric."--<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)</b><br><br>"With <i>Beautiful & Pointless</i>, Orr mingles humor with analysis in a way that should provide fodder for novices and academics in equal measure."--<i><b>The Onion</b></i><br>
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