'Thom Gunn' in OBA Collectie

Gunn's first poetry collection, written while he was at Cambridge, published with his departure for the United States.

For nearly 30 years Gunn's homosexuality has been a secret hidden in plain sight, lying beneath homoerotic subtext. In this collection it breaks the surface.

Some of the poems in this collection are set in England, where Gunn was brought up; some in the United States, especially northern California, where he has lived for twenty-two years.

This collection includes poems previously published between 1954 and 1992.

Derde poeziëbundel met thema lichamelijke intimiteit.

A new collection of poems (Moly) is combined with an earlier collection (1961) of My Sad Captains.

The collection is notable for the simplicity of its style and for the compassion of the poet's outlook.

Thom Gunn is well-known as a poet, and increasingly as a literary critic. The Occasions of Poetry includes insightful critical pieces on writers ranging from William Carlos Williams and Gary Snyder to Thomas Hardy and Robert Duncan.