Stephen Dunn

Riffs and Reciprocities

"This Astaire-like glide through our not-so-idle talk is a pleasure."—Publishers Weekly

Stephen Dunn experiments with short, related pieces that play off each other in the manner of jazz improvisations. The resulting pairs cover such subjects as "Scruples/Saints," "Hypocrisy/Precision," and "Anger/Generosity." The wisdom and startling turns we've come to expect from Dunn are everywhere in the ninety miniatures (forty-five pairs) that comprise this volume.

Stephen Dunn has published ten collections of poetry and Walking Light: Essays and Memoirs (Norton). He is the recipient of an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Literature and the Pulizter Prize Dunn teaches at Richard Stockton College in New Jersey.