Walking Light
Poetry

Walking Light

by Stephen Dunn


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.


© BOA Editions, Ltd 2001

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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-929918-00-3
Price: $17.95
Publishing Date: May 2001

FormatPaperback
Publication DateMay 1, 2001
ISBN978-1-929918-00-3

$17.95

About the Author

Stephen Dunn

About the Author

Stephen Dunn is the author of eleven collections of poetry including Walking Light, published by BOA in 2001. Among his awards are the Oscar Blumenthal Award from Poetry magazine and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 1996, Dunn received an Academy Award in Literature from The American Academy of Arts and Letters. He teaches writing and literature at the Richard Stockton College and resides in Port Republic, New Jersey. For more information about Stephen Dunn, visit www.stephendunnpoet.com
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