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Walking Light [Paperback]

Stephen Dunn (Author)
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April 1, 2001 American Readers Series (Book 4)

Committed to exploring the role of poetry and poets in our culture, Stephen Dunn provides new, expanded versions of the essays originally published by W. W. Norton in 1993, now out of print. In Walking Light, Dunn discusses the relationship between art and sport, the role of imagination in writing poetry, and the necessity for surprise and discovery when writing a poem. Humorous, intelligent and accessible, Walking Light is a book that will appeal to writers, readers, and teachers of poetry.

Stephen Dunn is the author of eleven collection of poetry. He teaches writing and literature at the Richard Stockton College in Pomona, New Jersey, and lives in Port Republic, New Jersey.


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About the Author

Stephen Dunn is the author of eleven collections of poetry, most recently Different Hours, Riffs and Reciprocities and Loosestrife, which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Among his awards are a Guggenheim Foundation grant and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He resides in Port Republic, NJ and teaches at Richard Stockton College in New Jersey.

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  • Paperback: 250 pages
  • Publisher: BOA Editions Ltd.; Expanded edition (April 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1929918003
  • ISBN-13: 978-1929918003
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #981,982 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Collection to Inspire Writers, May 10, 2004
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A college creative writing teacher first introduced me to this book in 1997 and I have loved to visit it over years. Dunn writes in a way that is distinctly personal, humorous, sincere, and sometimes brutally honest. He is a gifted storyteller who is able to weave writing advice effortlessly in with his tales. I would recommend my "favorite" chapters, but feel like this is a book best discovered without someone else's prejudices. This book can be read straight through from cover to cover, or the reader can skip around and read based on a chapter heading that catches his/her interest. Pick up this book and you'll want to seek out the rest of Dunn's writing.
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