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David Orr

David Orr is the poetry columnist for The New York Times Book Review. He is the winner of the Nona Balakian Prize from the National Book Critics Circle, and his writing has appeared in The New YorkerPoetry, Slate, and The Yale Review. He holds a BA from Princeton and a JD from Yale Law School, and is a visiting professor at Cornell University.
You, Too, Could Write a Poem
The Road Not Taken

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You, Too, Could Write a Poem
The Road Not Taken

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