New and Selected Poems 1974-1994

Justly celebrated as one of our strongest poets, Stephen Dunn selects from his eight collections and presents sixteen new poems marked by the haunting "Snowmass Cycle."

"Dunn comes to recognize the tedium of getting what you want . . . and the naturalness of violence. But he never loses his edge, his glint. . . . Dunn may be incorrect, but he is always right, and always ravishingly articulate." —Booklist

"In 'The Snowmass Cycle,' the poet muses on the task he has set for himself, and brilliantly managed . . . to fulfill. 'I want to find the cool, precise language / for how passion gives rise to passion.'" —Library Journal