{"product_id":"letters-of-thom-gunn","title":"Letters of Thom Gunn","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLetters of Thom Gunn\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eThom Gunn\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780374605698\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e800\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Letters of Thom Gunn\u003c\/i\u003e presents the first complete portrait of the private life, reflections, and relationships of a maverick figure in the history of British and American poetry. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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 shed new light on \"one of the most singular and compelling poets in English during the past half-century\" (Hugh Haughton, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Letters of Thom Gunn\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by August Kleinzahler, Michael Nott, and Clive Wilmer, reveals the evolution of Gunn's work and illuminates the fascinating life that informed his poems: his struggle to come to terms with his mother's suicide; settling in San Francisco and his complex relationship with England; his changing relationship with his life partner, Mike Kitay; the LSD trips that led to his celebrated collection \u003ci\u003eMoly \u003c\/i\u003e(1971); and the deaths of friends from AIDS that inspired the powerful, unsparing elegies of \u003ci\u003eThe Man with Night Sweats \u003c\/i\u003e(1992).\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Letters of Thom Gunn | Thom Gunn | Hardcover | 9780374605698 | Used: Very Good | Letters \u0026 Diaries 1774926 (temp: 8)","offer_id":49710241579160,"sku":"1774926","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81prfocGalL.jpg?v=1787108737","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/letters-of-thom-gunn","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}