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In his seventeenth collection of poetry, Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Dunn confronts the lines we fight against and the ones we draw for ourselves. Lines of Defense poignantly captures the absurdities of modern life, of expectations derailed, of the lived life juxtaposed to the imagined life, and the defenses we use to make do. Dunn is a poet writing at the height of his powers, in a voice full of gravitas. From "Before We Leave"
Where are we going? It's not an issue of here or there. And if you ever feel you can't take another step, imagine how you might feel to arrive, if not wiser, a little more aware how to inhabit the middle ground between misery and joy.
In his seventeenth collection of poetry, Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Dunn confronts the lines we fight against and the ones we draw for ourselves. Lines of Defense poignantly captures the absurdities of modern life, of expectations derailed, of the lived life juxtaposed to the imagined life, and the defenses we use to make do. Dunn is a poet writing at the height of his powers, in a voice full of gravitas. From "Before We Leave"
Where are we going? It's not an issue of here or there. And if you ever feel you can't take another step, imagine how you might feel to arrive, if not wiser, a little more aware how to inhabit the middle ground between misery and joy.
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