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“Poet Anthony Taylor Dunn's debut collection is
filled humor, wonder, and wonderful surprise —
an obvious testament to the fact that thinker's
imagination is punchline-rich, generally
vibrant, and easily accessible.
Sunbathing at the Bottom
of the Atlantic
is filled with satisfying last-minute revelatory
twists, all alive in thought and word — and the
deed of spawning even more contemplation at the
hands of the minds which have been fortunate
enough to acquire this sleeping giant of a
literary gem.”
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The Boox Review
“The poetry of Anthony Taylor Dunn is genuinely
thoughtful. He thinks and feels his way through
the complications and confusions of life in
poems that refuse the easy way out and that
reward rereading.”
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Baron Wormser, Poet Laureate of Maine
“The poems of Anthony Taylor Dunn are especially
notable for their range, the way this poet is
intrigued by so many things: corporations,
accounting, history, the Future, movies . . . .
Often written in accentual lines, very readable,
always specific in imagery, both highly
interested and interesting, Dunn's poetry
explores verticals and horizontals equally well.
It's particularly acute when he relates to
cultural phenomena, as in my favorite poem in
the book, ‘The Beatles’, and in ‘Autoworld’ with
its delicious names of cars, the lovely ‘Snow,’
‘The Afterlife for Dictators,’ and ‘Time
Machine.’ Dunn even gives us an absolutely
perfect American haiku. How good to know this
vibrant and concerned poet's work!”
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Dick Allen
“For the most part, Anthony Taylor Dunn dwells
on everyday happenings and observations that
readers can identify with – up to the point of
the last line or two, which bring the whole poem
to an unexpected ending, a twist that makes
readers startle into thought. Several poems,
‘Commuting with Wallace Stevens, ’Town and
Country, ‘ for example, rise even higher so that
thought floats and ranges into emotionally
intense metaphor.”
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Constance Hunting, poet and former editor of The
Puckerbrush Review
“Anthony Taylor Dunn’s poems are full of good
humor and humility, and a sense of wonder at the
simple things in life.”
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Jim Daniels, winner of the 1985 Brittingham
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