Beautiful & Pointless

"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.

• | Author: David Orr
• | Publisher: Harper Perennial
• | Publication Date: Mar 13, 2012
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0061673463
• | ISBN-13: 9780061673467