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Learn about Gregory Orr, a poet who explores poetry's role in surviving pain and trauma. Read his poems, essays, and nonfiction, and discover his influences and awards.
Gregory Orr (born 1947 in Albany, New York, United States) is an American poet. Gregory Orr speaking at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Monday, April 9, 2018.
GREGORY ORR was born February 3, 1947 in Albany, New York. He grew up in the rural Hudson Valley. At the age of twelve, he was responsible for the death of a younger brother in a hunting accident, an event that powerfully influenced his ideas about trauma, silence and poetry.
Learn about Gregory Orr, a poet who explores themes of trauma, love, and transcendence in his lyric poems. Read his poems, essays, and memoir, and discover his awards and influences.
Gregory Orr is a renowned poet, memoirist, and critic who has received many awards and honors, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the author of ten poetry collections, a memoir, and several books of essays on poetry and poets.
A poem by Gregory Orr about death, loss, and memory, inspired by his brother's suicide. The poem explores the themes of hunting, violence, and the afterlife through various scenes and images.
Gregory Orr explores the carnal ache of living and loving in this equable, full-bodied and flowing collection. Through his concise, perfectly formed poems, he wakes us to the ecstatic possibilities of recognizing and risking love, of pain transformed to beauty.
