My Alexandria

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title My Alexandria
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mark Doty
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:88
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
ISBN/Barcode 9781910702765
ClassificationsDewey:811.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Vintage Publishing
Imprint Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publication Date 7 March 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

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.