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Dunn, Stephen, 1939-

Different hours : poems / Stephen Dunn.

New York : W.W. Norton, c2002.

121 p. ; 21 cm.

Stephen Dunn, in his startling and graceful eleventh collection, often set in southern New Jersey where he makes his home, continues to find his subjects in the dailiness of life, at the same time expanding his vision to a darker emotional landscape. The mysteries of Eros and Thanatos, the stubborn endurance of mind and body in the face of diminishment -- these are the under-currents of Dunn's new work.

Dunn explores the "different hours," not only of one's life, but also of the larger historical and philosophical life beyond the personal, and brilliantly succeeds in getting at and plumbing our elusive realities.

American poetry -- 20th century.

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 2000.

I -- Before the sky darkens -- Sixty -- Evanescence -- At the restaurant -- Death of God -- Capriccio Italien -- Old dogs -- Odysseus's secret -- What goes on -- Their divorce -- Dog weather -- Optimism -- Androgyne -- Zero hour -- Hours -- II -- Party -- Simpler times -- Our parents -- Empathy -- Last hours -- Luck -- Sexual revolution -- Same cold -- Losing steps -- After -- So far -- Different hours -- III -- Reverse side -- Overt -- John and Mary -- Art -- Rubbing -- Spiritual woman -- Irresistible -- Returning from an artist's studio -- Story -- Visiting the master -- IV -- Metaphysicians of South Jersey -- His town -- Another man -- Men in the sky -- Emperors -- One moment and the next in the pine barrens -- Afterlife -- Chokecherry -- Nature -- Burying the cat -- Oklahoma City -- Backwaters -- Phantom -- Postermortem guide.

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