David Orr

"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...

The Judges of Origin continues the story of the Freaks of Origin. Fox is dying and in a foreign country. It's a race against the clock to meet his goals. Will he survive? Meanwhile in Origin, people are becoming increasingly aware of powers. It doesn't take the government long before taking an interest in those with powers, and with almost all of the original Freaks graduated, it's up to a new set of seniors to carry the torch. A group of assassins...

"A collection of reviews and essays by David Orr, the New York Times poetry columnist and one of the most respected critics in America today, his best work of the past fifteen years in one place Poetry is never more vital, meaningful, or accessible than in the hands of David Orr. In the pieces collected here, most of them written originally for the New York Times, Orr is at his rigorous, conversational, and edifying best. Whether he is considering...

Featuring live action and animation, this movie examines the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to.

"A new look at the world's most beloved Impressionist, Monet in Normandy examines some of the artist's most important paintings - including the famed Giverny canvases as well as the iconic haystacks and Rouen Cathedral series. This catalogue, which accompanies a major traveling exhibition, explores for the first time Monet's enduring ties to the region of Normandy. It was here that Monet began his painting career, and it was here that he met his first...