Difference between revisions of "Mark Doty"
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | + | Author who is notable for the award-winning memoir 'Heaven's Coast' (2009), a book about the dying by AIDS of his lover. Other books include his third award-winning book of poetry 'My Alexandria' (1993) about the AIDS epidemic, and collection of biography, criticism and memoir 'What is the Grass: [[Walt Whitman]] in My Life' (2020). His success as a poet has inspired many other gay male poets. Winner of the National Book Award for Poetry (2008). | |
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* http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/mark-doty | * http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/mark-doty | ||
* http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/09/mark-doty-poetry-aids-chronicler-interview | * http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/09/mark-doty-poetry-aids-chronicler-interview | ||
| + | * https://www.advocate.com/books/2020/7/03/why-walt-whitman-americas-poet-was-queer-pioneer | ||
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30GnZxuUpnY | * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30GnZxuUpnY | ||
Latest revision as of 13:22, 9 July 2020
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1953 -
Occupation
Writer
Description
Author who is notable for the award-winning memoir 'Heaven's Coast' (2009), a book about the dying by AIDS of his lover. Other books include his third award-winning book of poetry 'My Alexandria' (1993) about the AIDS epidemic, and collection of biography, criticism and memoir 'What is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life' (2020). His success as a poet has inspired many other gay male poets. Winner of the National Book Award for Poetry (2008).
