Stephen Dunn 
Walking Light [EPUB ebook] 
Memoirs and Essays on Poetry

Committed to exploring the role of poetry and poets in our culture, Stephen Dunn provides new, expanded versions of the essays originally published by W. W. Norton in 1993, now out of print. In Walking Light, Dunn discusses the relationship between art and sport, the role of imagination in writing poetry, and the necessity for surprise and discovery when writing a poem. Humorous, intelligent and accessible,  Walking Light is a book that will appeal to writers, readers, and teachers of poetry.