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Selected Books of the Beloved
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- This book is the culmination of Orr's decade-and-a-half-long exploration of "The Book" of the beloved, an imaginary anthology that contains all the poems ever written
- Copper Canyon Press has published five books by Gregory Orr
- When Orr was twelve, he accidentally killed his brother in a hunting accident-which has since influenced his entire life and career
- For Orr, poetry has been the way he has healed from the grief and trauma of his past.
- A master of lyric poetry, this book is accessible and relatable to any reader
- Along with being an acclaimed poet, Orr is a professor, critic, editor, essayist, memoirist
- Memoir The Blessing was a Publishers Weekly pick for 50 best nonfiction books of 2002
- Orr was involved in the civil rights movement, and while part of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee he was kidnapped and beaten.
- When you get a free moment, please read Orr's powerful Op-Ed in the New York Times (April 29, 2014) entitled "When a Child Kills," written in response to a young girl who accidentally killed her shooting instructor
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