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The City of Poetry, Paperback / softback Book

The City of Poetry Paperback / softback

Part of the Quarternote Chapbook Series series

Paperback / softback

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"Jerusalem" is a stucco cottageFilled at all hours with angels,Devils, and assorted orphansWho dance and drinkAnd hand-tint engravings. Blake himself is up in the atticNight and day—Even in eternity, he's still scribbling. Gregory Orr is the author of ten collections of poetry.

The recipient of National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim fellowships, he has been a Rockefeller Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Culture and Violence.

He has taught at the University of Virginia since 1975, where he is professor of English.

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