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Lindsey Ayres
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“Orr is insightful and funny, tongue-in-cheek about poetry and the poetry world. I appreciate the obvious knowledge and appreciation he has for poetry coupled with not taking himself too seriously (thus, the title). I highly recommend this book . . . with one caveat. I'm not sure who I would recommend it to.
The title implies (and his introduction outright states) that this will be an introduction of sorts to reading poetry. . . for a "smart, educated person." Orr wants to convince an unconvinced reader to read poetry. But no one who needs that kind of convincing would find this book all that helpful. To read this book (and get his humor even), one has to be already acquainted with (at the very least) the basics of poetry and be to a stage of thinking through its nuances. For instance, his chapter on form basically posits that form is too difficult to be crammed into the neat and tidy categories we use. I don't disagree and I found his discussion of form very enlightening. But that's ridiculously confusing and unhelpful to a reader who finds poetry confounding to begin with.
So, yes, witty, interesting book about poetry, but hardly a "guide" to the kind of reader he appears to be trying to reach. Then again, it's approachable and easy enough to read.”
Hailley Proffer
Created almost 3 years agoShare
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And Abigail
Created over 5 years agoShare
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“I really enjoyed this book! I was looking for an easy, approachable volume to help me understand modern poetry a little better, and I'd say this did the trick. He does have a tendency to ramble/go into semi-pedantic, I-am-a-connoisseur type side trails, but generally he sticks to his topic and is easy to understand. I think the book did help me have a little better appreciation for modern poetry, although everything he writes is basically his OPINION on the genre, rather than actual facts--but at the same time that's sort of the point of the book: there is no right or wrong to modern poetry, only opinion.”
Coffee Witch Mushra
Created about 7 years agoShare
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