SUMMARY: Mark Doty's Fire to Fire collects the best of Mark Doty's seven books of poetry, along with a generous selection of new work. Doty's subjectsβour mortal situation, the evanescent beauty of the world, desire's transformative power, and art's ability to give shape to human livesβecho and deve
Fire to fire: new and selected poems
β Scribed by Doty, Mark
- Book ID
- 106923554
- Publisher
- Harper
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 95 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780060752477
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β¦ Synopsis
SUMMARY: Mark Doty's Fire to Fire collects the best of Mark Doty's seven books of poetry, along with a generous selection of new work. Doty's subjectsβour mortal situation, the evanescent beauty of the world, desire's transformative power, and art's ability to give shape to human livesβecho and develop across twenty years of poems. His signature style encompasses both the plainspoken and the artfully wrought; here one of contemporary American poetry's most lauded, recognizable voices speaks to the crises and possibilities of our times.
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### From Publishers Weekly Signature\_Reviewed by\_ Reginald ShepherdDoty's first book, *Turtle, Swan*, appeared in 1987. He has published six books of poetry and four memoirs, all excellent, since. This hefty selection from his seven collections, plus a generous sheaf of new poems, should solidify
### From Publishers Weekly Signature\_Reviewed by\_ Reginald ShepherdDoty's first book, *Turtle, Swan*, appeared in 1987. He has published six books of poetry and four memoirs, all excellent, since. This hefty selection from his seven collections, plus a generous sheaf of new poems, should solidify
### From Publishers Weekly Signature*Reviewed by* Reginald ShepherdDoty's first book, *Turtle, Swan*, appeared in 1987. He has published six books of poetry and four memoirs, all excellent, since. This hefty selection from his seven collections, plus a generous sheaf of new poems, should solidify h
Mark Doty's Fire to fire collects the best of Mark Doty's seven books of poetry, along with a generous selection of new work. Doty's subjects -- our mortal situation, the evanescent beauty of the world, desire's transformative power, and art's ability to give shape to human lives -- echo and develop
Mark Doty's Fire to fire collects the best of Mark Doty's seven books of poetry, along with a generous selection of new work. Doty's subjects -- our mortal situation, the evanescent beauty of the world, desire's transformative power, and art's ability to give shape to human lives -- echo and develop