A collection of pairs of paragraphs, related in tangential and unexpected ways, develop such themes as technology and memory, the bedroom and the kitchen, and insurance and luck.
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Stephen Dunn (1939–2021) was the author of nineteen poetry collections, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Different Hours. He was a distinguished professor emeritus at Richard Stockton University and received an Academy Award in Literature, among many other honors.
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Vendeur : World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Hardback. Etat : Good. Recently, turning from poetry to prose, Stephen Dunn, acclaimed as one of the strongest poets of his generation, began to experiment with short related prose pieces that played off one another in the manner of jazz improvisations. "I was interested in the tangentially related, each piece a discrete paragraph, sometimes an act of definition or redefinition, sometimes a description, occasionally a story." The resulting pairs, vehicles for meditation and exploration, cover such subjects as "Scruples/Saints," "Hypocrisy/Precision," "Money/ Indulgence," and "Anger/Generosity." For Dunn, hypocrisy is a "social virtue," money a "religion without a theology." Throughout, Dunn takes a personal ownership of words that the dictionary merely defines objectively. The wisdom and startling verbal turns we've come to expect from his poetry are everywhere in the ninety miniatures (forty-five pairs) that compose this volume. There may be debts to Ponge and Calvino here, but Stephen Dunn has made prose pairs a fascinating genre of his own. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN0393046303G
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Vendeur : World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Hardback. Etat : Good. Recently, turning from poetry to prose, Stephen Dunn, acclaimed as one of the strongest poets of his generation, began to experiment with short related prose pieces that played off one another in the manner of jazz improvisations. "I was interested in the tangentially related, each piece a discrete paragraph, sometimes an act of definition or redefinition, sometimes a description, occasionally a story." The resulting pairs, vehicles for meditation and exploration, cover such subjects as "Scruples/Saints," "Hypocrisy/Precision," "Money/ Indulgence," and "Anger/Generosity." For Dunn, hypocrisy is a "social virtue," money a "religion without a theology." Throughout, Dunn takes a personal ownership of words that the dictionary merely defines objectively. The wisdom and startling verbal turns we've come to expect from his poetry are everywhere in the ninety miniatures (forty-five pairs) that compose this volume. There may be debts to Ponge and Calvino here, but Stephen Dunn has made prose pairs a fascinating genre of his own. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN0393046303G
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Vendeur : Monkey House Books, Miller Place, NY, Etats-Unis
Softcover, trade paperback. Etat : Very Good. Prose pieces comparing tangentially related pairs of ideas. 112 pages. Light corner wear, light foredge stain. N° de réf. du vendeur 13990
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Vendeur : Open Books, Chicago, IL, Etats-Unis
hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000856876
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Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0393046303I3N00
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0393046303I3N00
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Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0393046303I3N01
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Vendeur : Anthology Booksellers, Portland, OR, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. First edition. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur 2676
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Vendeur : Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, Etats-Unis
Softcover. Etat : Fine. First edition. Fine in wrappers. Paperback, a very nice clean copy, like new. N° de réf. du vendeur 169159
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Vendeur : Ox Cart Books, Rochester, NY, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. jacket shows only light edge wear, an unmarked, clean, solid copy in VG condition. See photos. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1747943717039
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