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9781403961471
"Few writers are as versatile or prolific as Stephen Dobyns...[These] vivid, ruminative essays...distill nearly three decades of discipline in the two arts he views as temperamental opposites....The liveliest passages involve his informed, resonant readings of contemporary poems, and the concluding chapters on personal exemplars...prompt an emotional, often darker counterpoint to his discussions of craft."Dobyns, Stephen is the author of 'Best Words, Best Order Essays on Poetry', published 2003 under ISBN 9781403961471 and ISBN 1403961476.
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