{"product_id":"here-and-now-paperback-by-stephen-dunn","title":"Here and Now Paperback by Stephen Dunn","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eWW Norton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2013-02-05)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e112\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780393343557\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e136.08\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e21.08 x 13.72 x 0.76\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A wonderful example of the poet’s ability to satisfy readers and anticipate their thoughts.”—Elizabeth Lund, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his sixteenth collection, Stephen Dunn continues to bring his imagination and intelligence to what Wallace Stevens calls “the problems of the normal,” which of course pervade most of our lives. The poem “Don’t Do That” opens with the lines: “It was bring-your-own if you wanted anything \/ hard, so I brought Johnnie Walker Red \/ along with some resentment I’d held in \/ for a few weeks.” In other poems, Dunn contemplates his own mortality, echoing Yeats—“That is no country for old men \/ cadenced everything I said”—only to discover he’s joined their ranks. In “The Writer of Nudes” his speaker is in search of the body’s “grammar” but tells his models, “Don’t expect to see yourself as other \/ than I see you.” Full of grace, wit, humor, and masterful precision, the poems in \u003ci\u003eHere and Now\u003c\/i\u003e attest to the contradictions we live with in the here and now. Political and metaphysical, these astonishing poems remind us of the essential human comedy of getting through each day.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003efrom \"The House on the Hill\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n      . . . from out of the fog,\u003cbr\u003e\n      a large, welcoming house would emerge\u003cbr\u003e\n      made out of invention and surprise.\u003cbr\u003e\n      No things without ideas! you'd shout,\u003cbr\u003e\n      and the doors would open,\u003cbr\u003e\n      and the echoes would cascade down\u003cbr\u003e\n      to the valleys and the faraway towns.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e (1939–2021) was the author of nineteen poetry collections, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning \u003ci\u003eDifferent Hours\u003c\/i\u003e. He was a distinguished professor emeritus at Richard Stockton University and received an Academy Award in Literature, among many other honors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46553143410849,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780393343557","price":17.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780393343557.jpg?v=1781727871","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/here-and-now-paperback-by-stephen-dunn","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}