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It sounds like a simple thing, to say what you see, Mark Doty begins. But try to find words for the shades of a mottled sassafras leaf, or the reflectivity of a bay on an August morning, or the very beginnings of desire stirring in the gaze of someone loo
In Firebird, Mark Doty tells the story of a ten-year-old in a top hat, cane, and red chiffon scarf, interrupted while belting out Judy Garland's "Get Happy" by his alarmed mother at the bedroom door, exclaiming, "Son, you're a boy &
Mark Doty's prose has been hailed as tempered and tough, sorrowing and serene ( The New York Times Book Review ) and achingly beautiful ( The Boston Globe ). In Still Life with Oysters and Lemon he offers a stunning exploration of our attachment to or