Beautiful & Pointless

"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 tour through the world of poetry. With echoes of Francine Prose’s *Reading Like a Writer*, Orr’s *Beautiful & Pointless* offers a smart and funny approach to appreciating an art form that many find difficult to embrace.