Original sentence: Dobyns has written twenty-four novels in a variety of genres, as well as fourteen poetry collections and two non-fiction works about the craft of poetry.His novel Cold Dog Soup has been made into two films, the American Cold Dog Soup and the French Doggy Bag.In much of his work, Dobyns uses the ridiculous and the absurd as vehicles to introduce more profound meditations on life, love, and art.Saratoga Payback (2017) ISBN 0399576576
Edited sentence: Cold Dog Soup has been made into two films, the American Cold Dog Soup and the French Doggy Bag.For example, in the poem "Missed Chances" in Cemetery Nights, the nameless speaker wanders through a metaphorical city in which those who missed their big opportunities futilely rehearse for opportunity's next arrival.He shies neither from the low nor from the sublime, and all in a straightforward narrative voice of reason.In much of his poetry and some works of non-genre fiction, Dobyns employs extended tropes, using the ridiculous and the absurd as vehicles to introduce more profound meditations on life, love, and art