Dangerous Household Items - by David Orr (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Drawing from strikingly disparate material, David Orr's debut collection concerns itself with the mysteries and incongruities of recognizably contemporary life.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>"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." --Harold Bloom</p><p>"A poetry critic and poet himself, David Orr's work often explores a gray area of literary professionalism and process. A columnist for the <em>New York Times Book Review</em>. . . . Orr shows himself to be a reader interested in cutting through noise, particularly with the realities of writing and publishing in a popular culture." --<em>Ploughshares</em></p><p>In his wry debut collection of poetry, celebrated critic David Orr ponders the dark underworld of the ordinary, as he traverses the suburban gothic landscape of modern America. Orr finds and names what's at the core of being human: sorrow, kindness, familial love, and memory. The poems are playful, fashioned of fables, familiar objects, and the supernatural, inviting every reader to enter in.</p><p><strong>From "The Abduction" </strong></p><p>. . . Later, he would wake each night screaming<br>In helpless confusion, but at the time<br>There was just the sun, the beach, the sun, the saltwater<br>And dark forms being kind.<br>Only a month<br>After the incident, having lost the skill<br>Of knowing what was real, he walked<br>Into headlights he had thought were his wife.</p><p><strong>David Orr </strong>teaches at Cornell University in addition to serving as the poetry columnist for the <em>New York Times Book Review</em>. A native of South Carolina, he lives in Ithaca, New York.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"David Orr is the poetry critic for The New York Times, and he's on a mission to bring readers back to this under-appreciated art form."--NPR "A poetry critic and poet himself, David Orr's work often explores a gray area of literary professionalism and process. A columnist for the New York Times Book Review, [...] Orr shows himself to be a reader interested in cutting through noise, particularly with the realities of writing and publishing in a popular culture [...]"--Ploughshares "[O]ne of the more influential voices on poetry currently inhabiting this planet ... He has become an unofficial if broadly recognized spokesman for poetry itself ... [A]s Orr says in his impossible book, if you write something interesting, if you write something difficult to forget, then it is enough."--Morgan Meis, The Smart Set "David Orr knows how to get that rare thing for poetry: public attention."--Daniel D'Addario, "Spring Arts Preview: Top Ten Books" at The New York Observer "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."--Harold Bloom<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>A graduate of Princeton University and Yale Law School, David Orr is Professor of the Practice at Cornell University as well as the poetry columnist for the New York Times Book Review. A native of South Carolina, he lives at present in Ithaca, New York.
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