Heaven's Coast: A Memoir

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The American author's homosexual lover, Wally Roberts, died of AIDS in 1993. In this book Doty tells the story of their relationship, the effect the disease had on their lives, and Roberts's death and the aftermath. He examines the nature of AIDS as opposed to other illnesses, the responses of society, the frustration of medical care, and the burden of caring for the dying at home.

Mark Doty is the author of more than ten volumes of poetry and three memoirs. His many honours include the National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Whiting Writers' Award, a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award, and, in the UK, the T. S. Eliot Prize. He is a professor at Rutgers University and lives in New York City.