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As a Jerseyite, I know quite well that there are a lot of poets in this state, but Stephen Dunn is easily the best. Hopefully, the country will know that he is one of the best poets in the country with this book, because it well deserved the Pulitzer Prize. This is poetry you can read to your girlfriend and not feel sappy about it.
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Dunn's Different Hours is quite an accomplishment. Dunn focuses on the ordinary and on human relationships and uses wry humor, omission, nostalgia, and expertly controlled language to limn the ordinary into song, whether classical or from a jutebox. These subjects, in other hands, may fall flat, for Dunn does not elevate his experience into the sublime, or into the intellectual like C.K. Williams' Pulitzer-winner "Repair." Different Hours---a unique and mature book.
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Stephen Dunn won the Pulitzer in 2001 for his collection of poetry, Different Hours. And unlike other Pulitzer winners (Carl Dennis' Practical Gods for example), this one might actually deserve the award. It is a pretty good collection. The poems are lyrical and interesting. Dunn isn't obsure. He doesn't ramble. It's a solid collection, with several really good poems ("Evanescence", "The Death of God", "Optimism", "John & Mary", "returning from an Artist's Studio", and "Story").
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What a wonderfull book. I read this book twice and will read it again.His poetry settles in like a old friend. Read anything by Dunn that you can find.
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Stephen Dunn allows us another ride into his life and his soul.
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