An evocation of beauty's often-surprising manifestations—even in the face of tragedy.

"Beauty isn't nice. Beauty isn't fair…" So, in part, states an epigraph for this stunning new collection, his thirteenth, by the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry (2000). First traversing betrayal and loss, Stephen Dunn then moves to speak of new love, with its attendant pleasures and questioning. The... (read more)