Book description
My Alexandria
comprises a series of eloquent meditations on the essential themes:
mortality and life, beauty and loss. The collection is haunted by the
spectre of AIDS, but is transfigured by Mark Doty's ranging imagination,
effortless stylistic skill and huge emotional power. Mark Doty is the
author of two previous books of poetry, Turtle, Swan
and Bethlehem in Broad Daylight. My Alexandria
won the National Book Critics Award and the Los Angeles Times Book
Award,
and was a finalist for the National Book Award.
