Dangerous Household Items by Orr, David
Dangerous Household Items by Orr, David

Dangerous Household Items

"David Orr is an authentic iconoclast. His criticism is exuberant and original. Dr. Johnson, my critical hero,...
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Author: David Orr
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Dangerous Household Items by Orr, David

Dangerous Household Items

$41.43
Dangerous Household Items by Orr, David

Dangerous Household Items

$41.43
Author: David Orr
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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"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

"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

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.

From "The Abduction"

. . . Later, he would wake each night screaming
In helpless confusion, but at the time
There was just the sun, the beach, the sun, the saltwater
And dark forms being kind.
Only a month
After the incident, having lost the skill
Of knowing what was real, he walked
Into headlights he had thought were his wife.

David Orr teaches at Cornell University in addition to serving as the poetry columnist for the New York Times Book Review. A native of South Carolina, he lives in Ithaca, New York.



Author: David Orr
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 10/23/2018
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781556595479


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2018 pg. 71

About the Author
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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