[134]FREE OCT. 20 READING BY PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING POET STEPHEN DUNN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 1, 2008
CONTACT: Dr. Gaylord Brewer, Department of English, 615-898-2712

FREE OCT. 20 READING BY PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING POET STEPHEN DUNN

(MURFREESBORO)—Stephen Dunn, a Pulitzer Prize recipient and the author of 16 books, will present a poetry reading at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, in Cantrell Hall, which is located in the Tom H. Jackson Building at MTSU.
Sponsored by the Department of English at MTSU, with funding from the Virginia Peck Trust Fund, Dunn’s upcoming reading is free and open to the public.
Among Dunn’s published works is “Different Hours,” a title that was awarded the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Since 1974, the New Jersey-based author has taught at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, where he is a distinguished professor of creative writing. He also has served as a visiting professor at the University of Michigan and at New York University, Columbia.
Born in New York in 1939, Dunn’s other published poetry works include
“Everything Else in the World” (W. W. Norton, 2006); “Local Visitations” (2003); “Loosestrife” (1996); “New and Selected Poems: 1974-1994” (1994); “Landscape at the End of the Century” (1991); “Between Angels” (1989); “Local Time” (1986), winner of the National Poetry Series; “Not Dancing” (1984); “Work & Love” (1981); “A Circus of Needs” (1978); “Full of Lust and Good Usage” (1976); and “Looking For Holes In the Ceiling” (1974). He also authored “Walking Light: Memoirs and Essays on Poetry” (BOA Editions, 2001) and “Riffs & Reciprocities: Prose Pairs” (1998).
In reviewing Dunn’s work, a writer for the Miami Herald wrote, “The poetry of Stephen Dunn makes the landscape of our lives more livable—quietly, unobtrusively, he has taken his place among our major, indispensable poets.”
A one-time professional basketball player, advertising copywriter and former editor, the award-winning poet earned a Bachelor of Arts in history and English from Hofstra University and a Master of Arts in creative writing from Syracuse University. His other honors include the Academy Award for Literature, the James Wright Prize, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
For more information on Dunn’s upcoming reading, please contact Dr. Gaylord Brewer, MTSU English professor, by calling 615-898-2712 or via e-mail at gbrewer@mtsu.edu.

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