{"product_id":"dangerous-household-items-paperback","title":"Dangerous Household Items - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Orr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"David Orr is an authentic iconoclast. His criticism is exuberant and original. Dr. Johnson, my critical hero, urged us to clear our mind of cant. Orr has cleared his. He will enhance the perception of his readers.\" --Harold Bloom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A poetry critic and poet himself, David Orr's work often explores a gray area of literary professionalism and process. A columnist for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e. . . . Orr shows himself to be a reader interested in cutting through noise, particularly with the realities of writing and publishing in a popular culture.\" --\u003cem\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his wry debut collection of poetry, celebrated critic David Orr ponders the dark underworld of the ordinary, as he traverses the suburban gothic landscape of modern America. Orr finds and names what's at the core of being human: sorrow, kindness, familial love, and memory. The poems are playful, fashioned of fables, familiar objects, and the supernatural, inviting every reader to enter in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \"The Abduction\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e. . . Later, he would wake each night screaming\u003cbr\u003eIn helpless confusion, but at the time\u003cbr\u003eThere was just the sun, the beach, the sun, the saltwater\u003cbr\u003eAnd dark forms being kind.\u003cbr\u003eOnly a month\u003cbr\u003eAfter the incident, having lost the skill\u003cbr\u003eOf knowing what was real, he walked\u003cbr\u003eInto headlights he had thought were his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Orr \u003c\/strong\u003eteaches at Cornell University in addition to serving as the poetry columnist for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e. A native of South Carolina, he lives in Ithaca, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA graduate of Princeton University and Yale Law School, David Orr is Professor of the Practice at Cornell University as well as the poetry columnist for the New York Times Book Review. A native of South Carolina, he lives at present in Ithaca, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42167393386631,"sku":"9781556595479","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a345235a194f69cebd30c87f366d7cf8.webp?v=1733327330","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/dangerous-household-items-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}