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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

    Hardback, 2008

    Brilliant new poems and an expansive gathering from six collections by a Pulitzer Prize winner celebrated as "indispensable."
  • What Goes On: Selected and New Poems 1995-2009

    Stephen Dunn

    Paperback, 2010

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

    Stephen Dunn

    Hardback, 2011

    "[Stephen Dunn] has taken his place among our major, indispensable poets."—Miami Herald
  • Lines of Defense: Poems

    Stephen Dunn

    Paperback, 2015

    Showcases this Pulitzer prize-winning poet writing at the height of his powers.
  • Whereas: Poems

    Stephen Dunn

    Paperback, 2019

    Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Dunn examines the difficulties of telling the truth, and the fictions with which we choose to live.
  • Lines of Defense: Poems

    Stephen Dunn

    E Book, 2014

    Showcases this Pulitzer prize-winning poet writing at the height of his powers.
  • Everything Else in the World: Poems

    Stephen Dunn

    E Book, 2014

    “Essential to contemporary poetry collections.”—Library Journal
  • Here and Now: Poems

    Stephen Dunn

    E Book, 2014

    “A wonderful example of the poet’s ability to satisfy readers and anticipate their thoughts.”—Elizabeth Lund, Washington Post
  • The Insistence of Beauty: Poems

    Stephen Dunn

    E Book, 2013

    An evocation of beauty's often-surprising manifestations; even in the face of tragedy.
  • Local Visitations: Poems

    Stephen Dunn

    E Book, 2013

    Wise and searching new poems from the winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.