Riffs and Reciprocities: Prose Pairs
Author: Stephen Dunn
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1999-12-17
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 0393244598
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This Astaire-like glide through our not-so-idle talk is a pleasure."—Publishers Weekly Stephen Dunn experiments with short, related pieces that play off each other in the manner of jazz improvisations. The resulting pairs cover such subjects as "Scruples/Saints," "Hypocrisy/Precision," and "Anger/Generosity." The wisdom and startling turns we've come to expect from Dunn are everywhere in the ninety miniatures (forty-five pairs) that comprise this volume.