Mark Doty

Mark Doty's last two award-winning collections of poetry, as well as his acclaimed memoir Heaven's Coast, used the devastation of AIDS as a lens through which to consider questions of loss, love and identity. The poems in his new collection, Sweet Machine, see the world from a new, hard-won perspective: A coming back to life, after so much death...

In Firebird, Mark Doty tells the story of a ten-year-old in a top hat, cane, and red chiffon scarf, interrupted while belting out Judy Garland's ""Get Happy"" by his alarmed mother at the bedroom door, exclaiming, ""Son, you're a boy!""Firebird presents us with a heroic little boy who has quite enough worries without discovering that his dawning...

This bold, wide-ranging collection -- his sixth book of poems -- demonstrates the unmistakable lyricism, fierce observation, and force of feeling that have made Mark Doty's poems special to readers on both sides of the Atlantic.The poems in Source deepen Doty's exploration of the paradox of selfhood. They offer a complex, boldly colored self-por...

The poignant, accomplished new collection of poetry from the author of My Alexandria--1993 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Times Book Award, 1993 National Book Award Finalist.

Presents reflections on our feelings for animals and the lessons they teach us about life, love, and loss. This book describes the vulnerability of dogs, the energy and joy they bring, and the gift they bear us of unconditional love.