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Stephen Dobyns Books in Order
Stephen Dobyns is a versatile and accomplished author known for his genre-bending works that seamlessly blend the absurd and the profound. Born of a nomadic upbringing, his experiences traversing the American landscape have informed his writing. A product of Shimer College and Wayne State University, where he earned his undergraduate degree, Dobyns further honed his craft at the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop, graduating in 1967. Prior to his literary career, he worked as a journalist for the Detroit News, honing his narrative voice and storytelling skills. As a sought-after instructor, Dobyns has taught at esteemed institutions such as Sarah Lawrence College, the University of Iowa, and Boston University.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Stephen Dobyns's book series? Stephen Dobyns has written 4 book series. The most notable is the American Poets Continuum series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Stephen Dobyns
- #1
Good Woman (By: Lucille Clifton)(1987) - #2
Next (By: Lucille Clifton)(1987) - #3
The City in Which I Love You (By: Li-Young Lee)(1990) - #4
Quilting (By: Lucille Clifton)(1991) - #5
What We Carry (By: Dorianne Laux)(1994) - #6
Red Suitcase (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)(1994) - #7
The Terrible Stories (By: Lucille Clifton)(1996) - #8
Fuel (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)(1998) - #9
Tell Me (By: Kim Addonizio)(2000) - #10
Blessing the Boats (By: Lucille Clifton)(2000) - #11
Smoke (By: Dorianne Laux)(2000) - #12
Book of My Nights (By: Li-Young Lee)(2001) - #13
Mules of Love (By: Ellen Bass)(2002) - #14
The Hawk Temple at Tierra Grande (By: Ray Gonzalez)(2002) - #15
Love Song with Motor Vehicles (By: Alan Michael Parker)(2003) - #16
The Owner of the House (By: Louis Simpson)(2003) - #17
The Orchard (By: Brigit Pegeen Kelly)(2004) - #18
The Rooster's Wife (By: Russell Edson)(2005) - #19
Postcards from the Interior (By: Wyn Cooper)(2005) - #20
You & Yours (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)(2005) - #21
Darling Vulgarity (By: Michael Waters)(2006) - #22
Not for Specialists (By: W.D. Snodgrass)(2006) - #23
Slope of the Child Everlasting (By: Laurie Kutchins)(2007) - #24
Sleeping With Houdini (By: Nin Andrews)(2007) - #25
The Fortieth Day (By: Kazim Ali)(2008) - #26
Elephants & Butterflies (By: Alan Michael Parker)(2008) - #27
Voices (By: Lucille Clifton)(2008) - #28
And (By: Michael Blumenthal)(2009) - #29
Carpathia (By: Cecilia Woloch)(2009) - #30
Seasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bone (By: Matthew Shenoda)(2009) - #31
Sharp Stars (By: Sharon Bryan)(2009) - #32
Chaos is the New Calm (By: Wyn Cooper)(2010) - #33
Long Lens (By: Peter Makuck)(2010) - #34
Burning of the Three Fires (By: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont)(2010) - #35
Diwata ) (By: Barbara Jane Reyes)(2010) - #36
Sasha Sings the Laundry on the Line (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)(2010) - #37
Kingdom Animalia (By: Aracelis Girmay)(2011) - #38
Your Father on the Train of Ghosts (By: G.C. Waldrep,John Gallaher)(2011) - #39
Ennui Prophet (By: Christopher Kennedy)(2011) - #40
Transfer (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)(2011) - #41
Gospel Night (By: Michael Waters)(2011) - #42
The Hands of Strangers (By: Janice N. Harrington)(2011) - #43
True Faith (By: Ira Sadoff)(2012) - #44
The Reindeer Camps (By: Barton Sutter)(2012) - #45
To Keep Love Blurry (By: Craig Morgan Teicher)(2012) - #46
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 (By: Kevin Young,Toni Morrison,Lucille Clifton,Michael S. Glaser)(2012) - #47
Theophobia (By: Bruce Beasley)(2012) - #48
The Book of Goodbyes (By: Jillian Weise)(2013) - #49
No Need of Sympathy (By: Fleda Brown)(2013) - #50
Refuge (By: Adrie Kusserow)(2013) - #51
Birth Marks (By: Jim Daniels)(2013) - #52
There's a Box in the Garage You Can Beat With a Stick (By: Michael Teig)(2013) - #53
The Keys to the Jail (By: Keetje Kuipers)(2014) - #54
All You Ask For is Longing (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)(2014) - #55
What He Took (By: Wendy Mnookin)(2014) - #56
Copia (By: Erika Meitner)(2014) - #57
The Chair (By: Richard Garcia)(2014) - #58
In a Landscape (By: John Gallaher)(2014) - #59
Fanny Says (By: Nickole Brown)(2015) - #60
Testament (By: G.C. Waldrep)(2015) - #61
Why God is a Woman (By: Nin Andrews)(2015) - #62
Broken Hallelujahs (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)(2015) - #63
Antidote for Night (By: Marsha De LA O)(2015) - #64
I'm No Longer Troubled by the Extravagance (By: Rick Bursky)(2015) - #65
Beautiful Wall (By: Ray Gonzalez)(2015) - #66
The Black Maria (By: Aracelis Girmay)(2016) - #67
Celestial Joyride (By: Michael Waters)(2016) - #68
Whereso (By: Karen Volkman)(2016) - #69
Struggling Times (By: Louis Simpson)(2016) - #70
The Day's Last Light Reddens the Leaves of the Copper Beech(2016) - #71
The End of Pink (By: Kathryn Nuernberger)(2016) - #72
Primitive (By: Janice N. Harrington)(2016) - #73
Mandatory Evacuation (By: Makuck Peter)(2016) - #74
The Trembling Answers (By: Craig Morgan Teicher)(2017) - #75
Bye-Bye Land (By: Christian Barter)(2017) - #76
Sky Country (By: Christine Kitano)(2017) - #77
The Smoke of Horses (By: Charles Rafferty)(2017) - #78
All Soul Parts Returned (By: Bruce Beasley)(2017) - #79
The Second O of Sorrow ) (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)(2018) - #80
Holy Moly Carry Me (By: Erika Meitner)(2018) - #81
Clues from the Animal Kingdom ) (By: Christopher Kennedy)(2018) - #82
Dresses from the Old Country ) (By: Laura Read)(2018) - #83
In Country (By: HughMartin)(2018) - #84
The Tiny Journalist (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)(2019) - #85
All Its Charms (By: Keetje Kuipers)(2019) - #86
Night Angler (By: Geffrey Davis)(2019) - #87
The Human Half (By: Deborah Brown)(2019) - #88
Cyborg Detective (By: Jillian Weise)(2019) - #89
On the Shores of Welcome Home (By: Bruce Weigl)(2019) - #90
Rue (By: Kathryn Nuernberger)(2020) - #91
Year of the Dog (By: Deborah Paredez)(2020) - #92
Let's Become a Ghost Story (By: Rick Bursky)(2020) - #93
Brand New Spacesuit (By: John Gallaher)(2020) - #94
Mercy (By: Lucille Clifton)(2020) - #95
How to Carry Water (By: Lucille Clifton,Aracelis Girmay)(2020) - #96
Caw (By: Michael Waters)(2020) - #97
Letters to a Young Brown Girl (By: Barbara Jane Reyes)(2020) - #98
Mother Country (By: Elana Bell)(2020) - #99
I Am Not Trying to Hide My Hungers from the World (By: Kendra DeColo)(2021) - #100
The Naomi Letters (By: Rachel Mennies)(2021) - #101
Diamonds (By: Camille Guthrie)(2021) - #102
Useful Junk (By: Erika Meitner)(2022) - #103
Field Notes from the Flood Zone (By: Heather Sellers)(2022) - #104
A Season in Hell with Rimbaud (By: Dustin Pearson)(2022) - #105
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (By: Chen Chen)(2022) - #106
A Tinderbox in Three Acts (By: Cynthia Dewi Oka)(2022) - #107
Little Mr. Prose Poem (By: Charles Simic,Russell Edson,Craig Morgan Teicher)(2022) - #108
The Dug-Up Gun Museum (By: Ben Follows)(2022)
- #1
Saratoga Longshot(1976) - #2
Saratoga Swimmer(1981) - #3
Saratoga Headhunter(1985) - #4Saratoga Snapper(1986)
- #5Saratoga Bestiary(1988)
- #6
Saratoga Hexameter(1990) - #7
Saratoga Haunting(1993) - #8Saratoga Backtalk(1994)
- #9
Saratoga Fleshpot(1995) - #10Saratoga Strongbox(1998)
- #11
Saratoga Payback(2017)
- #1
Best Words, Best Order(1996) - #2
Next Word, Better Word(2011) - #3
Concurring Beasts(1972) - #4
Griffon(1976) - #5
Heat Death(1980) - #6
The Balthus Poems(1982) - #7
Cemetery Nights(1987) - #8
Body Traffic(1990) - #9
Velocities(1994) - #10Common Carnage(1996)
- #11
Black Dog, Red Dog(1997) - #12Pallbearers Envying the One Who Rides(1999)
- #13
Eating Naked(2000) - #14
The Porcupine's Kisses(2002) - #15
Mystery, So Long(2005) - #16
Winter's Journey(2010) - #17The Day's Last Light Reddens the Leaves of the Copper Beech(2016)
- #1
A Man Of Little Evils(1973) - #2
Dancer with One Leg(1983) - #3
Cold Dog Soup(1985) - #4
A Boat Off the Coast(1987) - #5
The Two Deaths of Senora Puccini(1988) - #6
The House on Alexandrine(1990) - #7
After Shocks/Near Escapes(1991) - #8
The Wrestler's Cruel Study(1993) - #9
The Church of Dead Girls(1997) - #10Boy in the Water(1999)
- #11
The Burn Palace(2013) - #12
Is Fat Bob Dead Yet?(2015)
About Stephen Dobyns
Stephen Dobyns is a versatile and accomplished author known for his genre-bending works that seamlessly blend the absurd and the profound. Born of a nomadic upbringing, his experiences traversing the American landscape have informed his writing. A product of Shimer College and Wayne State University, where he earned his undergraduate degree, Dobyns further honed his craft at the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop, graduating in 1967. Prior to his literary career, he worked as a journalist for the Detroit News, honing his narrative voice and storytelling skills. As a sought-after instructor, Dobyns has taught at esteemed institutions such as Sarah Lawrence College, the University of Iowa, and Boston University.
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