{"product_id":"you-too-could-write-a-poem-9780143128199","title":"You Too Could Write a Poem","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of reviews and essays by David Orr, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e poetry columnist and one of the most respected critics in America today, his best work of the past fifteen years in one place\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Orr is at his rigorous, conversational, and edifying best. Whether he is considering the careers of contemporary masters, such as Louise Glück or Frederick Seidel, sizing up younger American poets, like Matthea Harvey and Matthew Zapruder, or even turning his attention to celebrities and public figures, namely Oprah Winfrey and Stephen Fry, when they choose to wade into the hotly contested waters of the poetry world, Orr is never any less than fully persuasive in arguing what makes a poem or poet great—or not. After all, as Orr points out in his introduction, “Poetry is","brand":"Penguin Putnam Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524496236887,"sku":"9780143128199","price":15.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780143128199.jpg?v=1731856992","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/you-too-could-write-a-poem-9780143128199","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}