description: This is the first edition of one of the most highly praised and touching collections of poems to appear in recent years. In selecting it for the "National Poetry Series", Philip Levine 'The courage of this book is that it looks away from the miracle is that wherever it looks it finds poetry...Mark Doty is a maker of big, risky, fearless poems in which ordinary human experience becomes music'. Mark Doty, the recipient of a 1994 Whiting Writers' Award, is the author of two previous books of poetry, "Turtle, Swan" and "Bethlehem in Broad Daylight". He is winner the T.S. Eliot Prize, 1995; winner of a Whiting Writers' Award, 1994; winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award; finalist, National Book Award, 1993; and, winner of the "L.A. Times" Book Award in Poetry.
language: English
title: My Alexandria
titlecomplete: My Alexandria
genres: LGBT, Gay, The United States Of America, 20th Century, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Queer
ratings_count: 1129
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Poetry, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Poetry, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Poetry, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Poetry
publisher: University of Illinois Press