What Is the Grass - Walt Whitman in My Life

Mark Doty has always felt haunted by Walt Whitman's perennially new American voice, and by his equally radical claims about body and soul. In What Is the Grass, Doty effortlessly blends biography, criticism, and memoir to keep company with Whitman and his Leaves of Grass, tracing the resonances between his own experience and the legendary poet's life and work.

About the author

Mark Doty is the author of more than ten volumes of poetry and three memoirs. His many honors include the National Book Award and a Whiting Writers’ Award. He is a Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University and lives in New York City.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Doty
• Publisher: Norton W W Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780393541410
• ISBN: 978-0-393-54141-0
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; NATURE / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, natural history, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Biography: writers, Literary studies: poetry and poets, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+, Relating to Trans / Transgender people or gender minorities, LITERARY CRITICISM / LGBTQ+, Relating to LGBTQIA+ people