Stephen Dunn
Stephen Dunn is the author of sixteen poetry collections, including What Goes On: New and Selected Poems 1995–2009. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his collection Different Hours. He has also been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and has received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Frostburg, Maryland, with his wife, the writer Barbara Hurd.
Awards
Books by Stephen Dunn
"Between Angels affirms what we are capable of in our best moments—grace, tenderness, love—while acknowledging that the human heart can be merciless. It's a book of great breadth."--Gregory Djanikian, Philadelphia InquirerMore
Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.More
“Essential to contemporary poetry collections.”—Library JournalMore
“A wonderful example of the poet’s ability to satisfy readers and anticipate their thoughts.”—Elizabeth Lund, Washington PostMore
An evocation of beauty's often-surprising manifestations; even in the face of tragedy.More
"Here is the mature work of a poet who has always managed to delight—but who now demands something more of us. He asks us to enter the twenty-first century with open eyes: attentive to the past, eager for the future, naming what we love."--Judith Kitchen, Georgia ReviewMore
Wise and searching new poems from the winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.More
"Dunn's new poems are driven by the same tireless force that made his New and Selected Poems (1994) so powerful, but there is a new tone here, a deepening of his recognition of life's perversities."—BooklistMore
Justly celebrated as one of our strongest poets, Stephen Dunn selects from his eight collections and presents sixteen new poems marked by the haunting "Snowmass Cycle."More
"This Astaire-like glide through our not-so-idle talk is a pleasure."—Publishers WeeklyMore
Brilliant new poems and an expansive gathering from six collections by a Pulitzer Prize winner celebrated as “indispensable.”More