The Blessing: A Memoir - Paperback
by Gregory Orr
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Milkweed EditionsISBN-13:9781571313867ISBN-10:1571313869UPC:9781571313867Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Personal Memoirs, Social ActivistsSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC8V24CG4K
The Blessing: A Memoir
Hailed on its original publication as eloquent testimony to the engaging power of art in a man's life (Washington Post), this deeply moving memoir, long out of print, is reissued with an illuminating new afterword.
When acclaimed poet Gregory Orr was twelve years old, he shot and killed his brother in a hunting accident. From the immediate aftermath--a period of shock, sadness, and isolation--it...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Milkweed EditionsISBN-13:9781571313867ISBN-10:1571313869UPC:9781571313867Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Personal Memoirs, Social ActivistsSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC8V24CG4K
Gregory Orr is the author of more than ten collections of poems, including, most recently, The Last Love Poem I Will Ever Write. He is also the author of several volumes of essays, criticism, and memoir, including Poetry as Survival and A Primer for Poets and Readers of Poetry. Orr is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Award...
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