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My Alexandria
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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My Alexandria
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Mark Doty
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:88 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Poetry by individual poets |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781910702765
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| Classifications | Dewey:811.54 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Vintage Publishing
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| Imprint |
Jonathan Cape Ltd
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| Publication Date |
7 March 2016 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
My Alexandria comprises a series of eloquent meditations on the essential themes- mortality and life, beauty and loss. The collection is haunted by the spectre of AIDS, but is transfigured by Mark Doty's ranging imagination, effortless stylistic skill and huge emotional power.
Author Biography
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.
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