{"product_id":"the-letters-of-thom-gunn-thom-gunn-9781250867209","title":"The Letters of Thom Gunn","description":"\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\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\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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thom Gunn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250867207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250867209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Thom Gunn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44123218739455,"sku":"9781250867209","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e29ade7-1e8f-4246-a403-db9706a0226d.jpg?v=1687429616","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-letters-of-thom-gunn-thom-gunn-9781250867209","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}