Gregory Orr
Author of Poetry as Survival
About the Author
Gregory Orr has written twelve poetry collections, a memoir, and several books of criticism, most recently A Primer for Poets and Readers of Poetry. The recipient of an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters as well as fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the show more National Endowment for the Arts, Orr lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. show less
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Works by Gregory Orr
Richer Entanglements: Essays and Notes on Poetry and Poems (Poets on Poetry) (1994) 15 copies, 1 review
Cloned: The Recreator Chronicles [2012 film] — Director — 2 copies
Associated Works
The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales (2003) — Contributor — 67 copies, 1 review
Writers On The Edge: 22 Writers Speak About Addiction and Dependency (Reflections of America) (2012) — Contributor — 23 copies, 13 reviews
Antaeus No. 37, Spring 1980 - On the Poetry of Stanley Kunitz — Contributor — 2 copies
Antaeus No. 23, Autumn 1976 — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Orr, Gregory
- Birthdate
- 1947
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- VS
- Birthplace
- Albany, New York, VS
- Awards and honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 2003)
- Short biography
- He teaches at the University of Virginia, where he founded the MFA program in writing in 1975, and served from 1978 to 2003 as Poetry Editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review. He lives with his wife, the painter Trisha Orr, and their two daughters in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Members
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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