River Inside the River: Three Lyric Sequences
Gregory Orr
(Author)
Description
From the acclaimed American poet whose work the San Francisco Review called "mystical, carnal, reflective, wry" 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 a poet at the height of his powers.Product Details
Price
$25.95
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
June 03, 2013
Pages
124
Dimensions
5.77 X 0.56 X 8.33 inches | 0.59 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780393239744
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About the Author
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
This is a book that is both reflective and ecstatic. It embraces an extended meditation but casts a spell through lyric impulse. It is incendiary, inventive, incantatory. It is erotic. It is, indeed, irresistible.--Ilya Kaminsky
Orr ranks as a great seer, casting a mythic spell over the reader with his technically attuned verse.--Arlice Davenport
For four decades, Gregory Orr has been among a small handful of poets who make me proud to be among their generation of writers. Orr's new book is a wonder, exploring such weighty themes as the sources of love, the sources of mourning, the working of redemption and memory, the ways in which these give rise to poetic utterance . . . all in language as light as airborne thistledown. For such powerful lyric importance to come from such small deft breaths requires both mastery and magic; both are plentiful here, on every page.--Albert Goldbarth
Gregory Orr's poems have always had the stunning ability to place mindfulness almost instantly back inside the mind. Once again, a river inhabits its true banks, and a soul, its boundless person.--Naomi Shihab Nye
Orr's writing feels transcendent. Language shines, shimmers, delights, and rises as high as it can.--Elizabeth Lund
Orr ranks as a great seer, casting a mythic spell over the reader with his technically attuned verse.--Arlice Davenport
For four decades, Gregory Orr has been among a small handful of poets who make me proud to be among their generation of writers. Orr's new book is a wonder, exploring such weighty themes as the sources of love, the sources of mourning, the working of redemption and memory, the ways in which these give rise to poetic utterance . . . all in language as light as airborne thistledown. For such powerful lyric importance to come from such small deft breaths requires both mastery and magic; both are plentiful here, on every page.--Albert Goldbarth
Gregory Orr's poems have always had the stunning ability to place mindfulness almost instantly back inside the mind. Once again, a river inhabits its true banks, and a soul, its boundless person.--Naomi Shihab Nye
Orr's writing feels transcendent. Language shines, shimmers, delights, and rises as high as it can.--Elizabeth Lund
