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Dorianne Laux

Dorianne Laux’s poetry collections include Only as the Day Is Long, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; The Book of Men, winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize; and Facts about the Moon, winner of the Oregon Book Award. She is the coauthor of The Poet’s Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry. A founding faculty member of Pacific University’s Low Residency MFA Program, she lives in Richmond, California.

Dorianne Laux

Awards

Winner — Paterson Poetry Prize, 2012

Shortlisted — Pulitzer Prize, 2020

Longlisted — National Book Award, 2024

Books by Dorianne Laux

The Book of Men: Poems
Dorianne Laux
Paperback, 2012
“Dorianne Laux dares to parse her life through the prism of men who’ve passed through it.” —New York Times
Facts About the Moon: Poems
Dorianne Laux
Paperback, 2007
"Laux writes gritty, tough, lyrical poems that depict the actual nature of life in the West today."—Philip Levine
The Book of Men: Poems
Dorianne Laux
Hardback, 2011
"Laux writes gritty, tough, lyrical poems that depict the actual nature of life in the West today."—Philip Levine
Only As the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems
Dorianne Laux
Paperback, 2020
A collection of new and selected works from a prize-winning poet known to bear compassionate and ruthless witness to the quotidian.
The Book of Men: Poems
Dorianne Laux
E Book, 2011
"Laux writes gritty, tough, lyrical poems that depict the actual nature of life in the West today."—Philip Levine
Only As the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems
Dorianne Laux
E Book, 2019
A collection of new and selected works from a prize-winning poet known to bear compassionate and ruthless witness to the quotidian.
Life on Earth: Poems
Dorianne Laux
Hardback, 2024
Longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Poetry
One of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2024

Pulitzer Prize finalist Dorianne Laux returns with an insightful, compassionate, and spirited...
Life on Earth: Poems
Dorianne Laux
E Book
Longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Poetry
One of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2024

Pulitzer Prize finalist Dorianne Laux returns with an insightful, compassionate, and spirited...
Finger Exercises for Poets
Dorianne Laux
Paperback, 2024
An illuminating book of concise craft essays and exercises for poets, from Pulitzer Prize finalist and The Poet’s Companion coauthor Dorianne Laux.
Finger Exercises for Poets
Dorianne Laux
E Book
An illuminating book of concise craft essays and exercises for poets, from Pulitzer Prize finalist and The Poet’s Companion coauthor Dorianne Laux.