Verse Like Water: The visiting poetry program of Central Lakes College presents American Poet Gregory Orr at noon on February 18 livestreamed at https://youtu.be/JZNhVuUM9mg. This virtual event is free and open to the public.
Orr has published 10 volumes of poetry and books of memoir, criticism and essays. He has much to say about how lyric poetry across the centuries has helped people survive grief, loss and trauma. Orr taught English at the University of Virginia for 44 years, and founder of the school’s MFA program in Creative Writing.