Lines of Defense Poems Author:Stephen Dunn ?[Stephen Dunn] has taken his place among our major, indispensable poets.??Miami HeraldIn his seventeenth collection of poetry, Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Dunn confronts the lines we fight against and the ones we draw for ourselves. Lines of Defense poignantly captures the absurdities of modern life, of expectations derailed, of the lived lif... more »e juxtaposed to the imagined life, and the defenses we use to make do. Dunn is a poet writing at the height of his powers, in a voice full of gravitas. From ?Before We Leave? Where are we going?