New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Stuart Dybek to Laurence Goldstein. “In his second book of poems, Stuart Dybek finds extraordinary vitality in the same vibrant imagery that animates his celebrated works of fiction. A brilliant and deft enactment of place, these poems map the internal geographies of characters who inhabit severe and often savage city streets, finding there a tension that transfigures..... More

Eugene, OR: Northwest Review, 1978. First Printing. “I like to prowl ordinary places / and taste the people— / at a distance. / I didn’t want them too near / because that’s when the attrition / starts. / but at supermarkets / laundromats / cafes / street corners / bus stops / eating places / drug stores / I can look at their bodies / and their faces / and..... More