num_pages: 114
description: "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.
language: English
title: Riffs and Reciprocities: Prose Pairs
titlecomplete: Riffs and Reciprocities: Prose Pairs
genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
ratings_count: 113
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company