Winter's Journey - by Stephen Dobyns (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Stephen Dobyns, author of the best-selling Saratoga crime series, says I consider myself entirely a poet.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>"[Dobyns' poetry] has a somber, eccentric beauty not quite like anything else around these days."--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></p><p>"[Dobyns] blends philosophical musings with daft, deft metaphors and a cheeky vernacular."--<i>Poetry</i></p><p>Poet and best-selling novelist Stephen Dobyns employs everything from Atlantic seascapes to werewolf dreams to explore issues public and private. By turns tough and tender, Dobyns' plainspoken poems create and reflect a worldview full of possibilities. He contrasts the quotidian with the exalted, always delivered in a precise, familiar voice. Daily walks become meditations on politics, philosophy, literature, and the larger considerations of existence and being.</p><p><b>Stephen Dobyns</b> is the author of twenty-one books of fiction, including the popular Saratoga crime series, twelve books of poetry, and a collection of nonfiction. Dobyns has worked as a reporter for <i>The Detroit News</i> and has taught at the University of Iowa, Sarah Lawrence College, Warren Wilson College, Syracuse University, and Boston University. He lives in Rhode Island.</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>[Dobyns's poetry] has a somber, eccentric beauty not quite like anything else around these days.--New York Times Book Review [Dobyns] cuts his own darkness with a humor that is rooted in curiosity.--Publishers Weekly [Dobyns] blends philosophical musings with daft, deft metaphors and a cheeky vernacular. --Poetry A compelling writer whose voice speaks directlyto readers of all kinds. Using plain but always precise language, he plumbs the reservoirs of emotion lurking beneath the events of everyday life.--Booklist<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Stephen Dobyns is the author of twenty-one books of fiction, including the popular Saratoga crime novels, twelve books of poetry, and a collection of non-fiction. Dobyns has worked as a reporter for the Detroit News and has taught at the University of Iowa, Sarah Lawrence College, Warren Wilson College, Syracuse University, and Boston University. He lives in Rhode Island.<br>
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