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Stephen Dunn

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.

Stephen Dunn

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.

Awards

Shortlisted — National Book Critics Circle Award, 1996

Winner — Pulitzer Prize, 2001

Books by Stephen Dunn

  • What Goes On: Selected and New Poems 1995-2009

    Stephen Dunn

    E Book, 2013

    Brilliant new poems and an expansive gathering from six collections by a Pulitzer Prize winner celebrated as “indispensable.”
  • Whereas: Poems

    Stephen Dunn

    E Book, 2017

    In wise and masterful poems, Stephen Dunn “reveals a deep understanding of human longing and the desire to become more than what we are” (Washington Post).
  • Pagan Virtues: Poems

    Stephen Dunn

    Paperback, 2022

    "A sly, companionable collection” (The New York Times Book Review) that offers indispensable truths from a master of contemporary poetry
  • Pagan Virtues: Poems

    Stephen Dunn

    E Book, 2019

    "A sly, companionable collection” (The New York Times Book Review) that offers indispensable truths from a master of contemporary poetry
  • The Not Yet Fallen World: New and Selected Poems

    Stephen Dunn

    Hardback, 2022

    A radiant celebration of Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Stephen Dunn’s enduring oeuvre.
  • The Not Yet Fallen World: New and Selected Poems

    Stephen Dunn

    E Book, 2022

    “An indispensable volume.” —Ron Charles, Washington Post Book Club

    A radiant celebration of Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Stephen Dunn’s enduring oeuvre.
  • Riffs and Reciprocities: Prose Pairs

    Stephen Dunn

    Paperback, 2000

    "This Astaire-like glide through our not-so-idle talk is a pleasure."—Publishers Weekly
  • The Not Yet Fallen World: New and Selected Poems

    Stephen Dunn

    Paperback, 2024

    A radiant celebration of Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Stephen Dunn’s enduring oeuvre
  • E. E. Cummings: Complete Poems, 1904–1962

    E. E. Cummings, George James Firmage, Stephen Dunn

    Hardback, 2016

    This edition—newly typeset with an introduction by Stephen Dunn—presents the entirety of E.E. Cummings’s transcendent body of work.