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River Inside the River: Poems
Gregory Orr
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Description for River Inside the River: Poems
Paperback. From an acclaimed poet come three gorgeous poetic sequences. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
From this acclaimed American poet come three gorgeous poetic sequences. In the first, “Eden and After,” Gregory Orr retells the story of Adam and Eve. The second sequence, “The City of Poetry,” evokes and explores a visionary metropolis where “every poem is a house, and every house a poem.” The final sequence, “River Inside the River,” focuses on redemption through the mysterious power of language to resurrect the beloved and recover what is lost. River Inside the River combines Orr’s characteristic spirituality and meditative lyricism with storytelling and myth-making. These are poems that will sustain, console and give hope, from ... Read more
From this acclaimed American poet come three gorgeous poetic sequences. In the first, “Eden and After,” Gregory Orr retells the story of Adam and Eve. The second sequence, “The City of Poetry,” evokes and explores a visionary metropolis where “every poem is a house, and every house a poem.” The final sequence, “River Inside the River,” focuses on redemption through the mysterious power of language to resurrect the beloved and recover what is lost. River Inside the River combines Orr’s characteristic spirituality and meditative lyricism with storytelling and myth-making. These are poems that will sustain, console and give hope, from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393349955
SKU
V9780393349955
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About Gregory Orr
Gregory Orr has written twelve poetry collections, a memoir, and several books of criticism, most recently A Primer for Poets and Readers of Poetry. The recipient of Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, he lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Reviews for River Inside the River: Poems
"Starred review. As erudite, as full of allusion and citation, as the work of any other poet full of the history of his craft, these poems are as straightforward in expression, as plain in vocabulary as any strict literary modernist could wish... Exquisite." "Orr pulls at the root of all heart ache." "[River Inside the River is] a striking meditation ... Read more