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by: Mark Doty
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780252063176
ISBN: 0252063171
Label: University of Illinois Press
Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 112
Publication Date: January 01, 1993
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Sales Rank: 145217
Studio: University of Illinois Press
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Editorial Review:
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A versatile, technically astute poet, Doty masterfully tackles themes of death, beauty and discovery in this collection. Particularly moving is 'Days of 1981,' in which he recalls the memory of his first gay lover--a sculptor he met in a bar. 'Nothing was promised, nothing sustained/or lethal offered. I wish I'd kept the heart./Even the emblems of our own embarrassment/become acceptable to us, after a while.' Doty derives much of his success by offering readers a full gulp of his longish verse, rather than teasing, incomplete sips. My Alexandria won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry for 1993.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Decay
Doty recently visited my college, and after I read his work, I felt truly honored to have met him. He was a wonderful speaker, and very personable.
This shows through his poetry as well. He is a person speaking on real issues, in a very contemporary manner. Not only is AIDS a question of the homosexual culture and lifestyle, but something for the family, circle of friends, and nation to pause and consider.
Yet, Doty does well in keeping the theme of decay and demolishment ... Read More
Rating: - Mark's story
Levine selected My Alexandria for the National Poetry Series a few years ago. And after reading this collection, you can see why it is Doty's best. It's a grim collection, focusing on death and grief, but an elegant one. "Bill's Story" alone is worth the price of the book. This is a book for anyone who loves poetry or has had AIDS tough their life. Good work Mr. Doty.
Rating:  - Beauty and Sadness
My Alexandria is undoubtedly one of my favorite volumes of poetry written within the last ten years. Doty's aesthetic reminds me of the aesthetic of the great Japanese woodblock artists -- "mono no aware" -- beauty and sadness. These are poems of haunting emotional resonance and power that are exquisitely rendered in beautifully crafted, ravishingly polished arabesques of language. Doty's sensual imagery is simply stunning, and his sense of metaphor simultaneously organic and epiphanic. The poems ... Read More
Rating:  - My MOR
Mark Doty is a gifted writer, but there is such a mix of profound work and slight image in My Alexandria, that he comes with a little too much hype for someone coming to this book first. There are some exquisite images, but as an AIDS work, this is slim. This work is more about our humanity and how we deal with what we face in the world more than it is about a pandemic.
The most moving poem in this collection is, "With Animals", which is wisely used in the closing third. Some of the work is ... Read More
Rating: - great poet, best book
it's an early book of mark doty's but i think it's still his best--great formal range here
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