Overview
A new selection of poems by the celebrated gay poet
Thom Gunn has been described as āone of the most singular and compelling poets in English during the past half-centuryā (Times Literary Supplement). Gunn was an Elizabethan poet in modern guise, though thereās nothing archaic, quaint, or sepia-toned about his poetry. His method was dispassionate and rigorous, uniquely well suited for making a poetic record of the tumultuous time in which he lived. Gunnās dozens of brilliantly realized poems about nature, friendship, literature, sexual love, and death are set against the ever-changing backdrop of San Franciscoāthe druggy, politically charged sixties and the plague years of AIDS in the eighties. Perhaps no contemporary poet was better equippedāby temperament, circumstance, or poetic giftāto engage the subjects of eros and thanatos than Thom Gunn. This New Selected Poems, compiled by his friend Clive Wilmer and accompanied by insightful notes, is the first edition to represent the full arc of Gunnās inimitable career.
This book title, New Selected Poems - 9780374538699, ISBN: 9780374538699, by Thom Gunn, Clive Wilmer, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (December 3, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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