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  • Selected Poems of Thom Gunn

    by Thom Gunn ...
    Thom Gunn's controlled used of form and the metaphysical was in evidence from his first collection, Fighting Terms, in 1954, which was widely regarded - perhaps not entirely accurately - as a contributor to 'The Movement' and the opposition to modernism.The same technical ability and formal prowess endured after he moved from Cambridge to San Francisco, though became, from The Sense of Movement ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Man With Night Sweats

    by Thom Gunn ...
    Thom Gunn's The Man With Night Sweats shows him writing at the height of his powers, equally in command of classical forms and of looser, more colloquial measures, and ready to address a wide range of themes, both intimate and social. The book ends with a set of poems about the deaths of friends from AIDS. With their unflinching directness, compassion and grace, they are among the most moving ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • 100 Queer Poems

    Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan's luminous anthology, 100 Queer Poems, is a celebration of thrilling contemporary voices and visionary poets of the past. Featuring Elizabeth Bishop, Langston Hughes, Ocean Vuong, Carol Ann Duffy, Kae Tempest and many more.* A Guardian Best Poetry Book of the Year ** Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards *Encompassing both the flowering of queer ... Read more

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  • The Letters of Thom Gunn

    by Thom Gunn ...
    'I write about love, I write about friendship,' remarked Thom Gunn: 'I find that they are absolutely intertwined.' These core values permeate his correspondence with friends, family, lovers, and fellow poets, and shed new light on 'one of the most singular and compelling poets in English during the past half-century' ( Times Literary Supplement).These letters reveal the evolution of Gunn's work ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • The Letters of Thom Gunn

    by Thom Gunn ...
    The Letters of Thom Gunn presents the first complete portrait of the private life, reflections, and relationships of a maverick figure in the history of British and American poetry.“I write about love, I write about friendship,” remarked Thom Gunn. “I find that they are absolutely intertwined.” These core values permeate his correspondence with friends, family, lovers, and fellow poets, and they ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Boss Cupid

    by Thom Gunn ...
    In some respects a sequel to The Man With Night Sweats, Boss Cupid is a memorialising of friends who have died, an anatomy of survival, and a self-portrait of the poet in age. The poems are written under the sign of Cupid, 'devious master of our bodies', but their intimacies are always heard against the sociable human hum of an entire community which Gunn depicts in poems of fluent grace, as ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Passages of Joy

    by Thom Gunn ...
    The Passages of Joy, published in 1982, saw Thom Gunn writing at the height of his powers. The poems combine personal directness with an apparently effortless technical assurance. ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Sense of Movement

    by Thom Gunn ...
    The Sense of Movement, Thom Gunn's second collection, was first published in 1957.'This book . . . establishes Gunn as one of the few really interesting poets of his generation and promises greatly for the future.' Times Literary Supplement ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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