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Body Traffic
Book by Dobyns, Stephen
- GenresPoetry
160 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1990
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About the author
Stephen Dobyns
82 books207 followersDobyns was raised in New Jersey, Michigan, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. He was educated at Shimer College, graduated from Wayne State University, and received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa in 1967. He has worked as a reporter for the Detroit News.
He has taught at various academic institutions, including Sarah Lawrence College, the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers, the University of Iowa, Syracuse University, and Boston University.
In much of his poetry and some works of non-genre fiction, Dobyns employs extended tropes, using the ridiculous and the absurd as vehicles to introduce more profound meditations on life, love, and art. He shies neither from the low nor from the sublime, and all in a straightforward narrative voice of reason. His journalistic training has strongly informed this voice.
He has taught at various academic institutions, including Sarah Lawrence College, the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers, the University of Iowa, Syracuse University, and Boston University.
In much of his poetry and some works of non-genre fiction, Dobyns employs extended tropes, using the ridiculous and the absurd as vehicles to introduce more profound meditations on life, love, and art. He shies neither from the low nor from the sublime, and all in a straightforward narrative voice of reason. His journalistic training has strongly informed this voice.
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February 22, 2017
I've always been a fan of Stephen Dobyns's work. While I'm not a fan of collections that work around a single theme, I enjoyed how Dobyns takes everyday acts and mines them to get to the universal understanding of human nature.
My favorite poem is DESIRE, an example, in my opinion, of Dobyns at his best when he leaves no stone unturned. I didn't care much for the Cezanne poems. They didn't add anything to the collection, in my opinion.
As a much younger writer, another thing I appreciate about Dobyns work is that it's always teaching me something about craft.
My favorite poem is DESIRE, an example, in my opinion, of Dobyns at his best when he leaves no stone unturned. I didn't care much for the Cezanne poems. They didn't add anything to the collection, in my opinion.
As a much younger writer, another thing I appreciate about Dobyns work is that it's always teaching me something about craft.
March 24, 2009
a gift from my sister, the poet. she later purchased "common carnage" as a gift for me as well.
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