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Stephen Dunn

Poetry

Interviewed by: Angela Elam

Catalog Number: 19961230

Dunn talks about his movement from basketball to poetry and how a "lie\" he told on NPR led to writing an essay. He also reads from his two latest books, WALKING LIGHT and LOOSESTRIFE.

| Interview Year: 1996 | Genre: Poetry | Awards: PP |

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Winners Announced: New Letters Literary Awards

New Letters is pleased to announce the 2018 winners of the $2,500 Conger Beasley Jr. Prize for Nonfiction, the $1,500 New Letters Prize for Fiction, and the $1,500 Prize for Poetry. See the winners, judges, and finalists here.

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