{"title":"Stephen Dunn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Dunn's\u003c\/strong\u003e works invite readers into a contemplative world where poetry and prose explore the depths of human experience. His writings often blend profound emotional insight with keen observations on life, nature, and the complexities of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough titles like \u003cem\u003ePagan Virtues\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Not Yet Fallen World\u003c\/em\u003e, readers encounter a voice deeply attuned to the nuances of culture and personal reflection, making his work a meaningful addition to arts and culture literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-not-yet-fallen-world-by-stephen-dunn-9781324074663","title":"The Not Yet Fallen World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHailed as \u003cem\u003e\"indispensable\"\u003c\/em\u003e (David Wojahn), Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Stephen Dunn masterfully shifts between the metaphysical and the ironic, never wavering in his essential honesty. His graceful poems confront our contradictions with tenderness and wit, enliven the ordinary with penetrating observation, and alert us to the haunting wonders and relationships that surround us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Not Yet Fallen World\u003c\/em\u003e draws from all nineteen of Stephen Dunn's crystalline volumes, including his most recent, \u003cem\u003ePagan Virtues\u003c\/em\u003e (2019); the National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist \u003cem\u003eLoosestrife\u003c\/em\u003e (1996); and the Pulitzer Prize–winning \u003cem\u003eDifferent Hours\u003c\/em\u003e (2000). By turns sardonic and profound, Dunn examines the disguises we don to hide from ourselves and reveals sublime beauty hidden within seemingly mundane interactions. Nine new poems extend the poet's inquiry into the paradoxes of contemporary life; as he writes in \"Love Poem Near the End of the World,\" \u003cem\u003e\"Something keeps me holding on \/ to a future I didn't think possible.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArranged to further Dunn's signature themes—mortality, morality, and the roles we play in the essential human comedy of getting through each day—this final collection captures the breadth of an acclaimed poet's achievement. His legacy is a poetic expanse suffused with fearless generosity and perceptive wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432996651244,"sku":"9781324074663","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781324074663.jpg?v=1774765867"},{"product_id":"pagan-virtues-by-stephen-dunn-9780393868449","title":"Pagan Virtues","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this meditative and incisive collection, Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Dunn draws on themes of morality and mortality to explore the innermost machinations of human nature. Shifting in tone but never wavering in their essential honesty, these poems reflect on desire, restraint, and the roles we play in an ever-evolving society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA stunning sequence on the relationship between the speaker and \"Mrs. Cavendish\" examines an intimacy sustained and repelled by politics, philosophy, and attraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWide-ranging, intellectually daring, and wry, \u003cem\u003ePagan Virtues\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us of Dunn's penetrating eye for the universal and the specific, and his ability to highlight our contradictions with tenderness and wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461232541932,"sku":"9780393868449","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780393868449-pagan-virtues.jpg?v=1774962892"},{"product_id":"pagan-virtues-by-stephen-dunn-9781324002314","title":"Pagan Virtues","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this meditative and incisive collection, Stephen Dunn draws on themes of morality and mortality to explore the innermost machinations of human nature. Shifting in tone but never wavering in their essential honesty, these poems reflect on desire, restraint, and the roles we play in an ever-evolving society. In \u003cem\u003ePagan Virtues\u003c\/em\u003e, Dunn reminds us of his penetrating eye for the universal and the specific, and his ability to highlight our contradictions with tenderness and wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo poems dedicated to Dunn's eulogist, in advance, bookend the collection. The first introduces us to the poet's sardonic candour and unflinching gaze at his own mortality, while the latter, written nineteen years later, reflects on what it means to continue to live in the \"despoiled and radiant now.\" A stunning sequence on the relationship between the speaker and \"Mrs. Cavendish\" examines an intimacy sustained and repelled by politics, philosophy, and attraction. Wry, observational, and wide-reaching, \u003cem\u003ePagan Virtues\u003c\/em\u003e offers indispensable truths from a master of contemporary poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471325839596,"sku":"9781324002314","price":48.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781324002314-pagan-virtues.jpg?v=1775239642"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/stephen-dunn.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}