Britton, Donald (1951 - 1994)

In the empire of the air : the poems of Donald Britton / edited by Reginald Shepherd and Philip Clark - New York : Nightboat Books , 2016 - 104 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Donald Britton published just one book of poetry, Italy, before his death from AIDS in 1994. In the Empire of the Air: The Poems of Donald Britton reprints Italy alongside previously unpublished and uncollected poems to display the full range of Britton's fresh, vivid language and subtle humor. It is poetry by turns glamorous, wistful, intellectual, and elegant, the sharp-eyed observations of a penetrating mind lost to the world too soon.


English.

9781937658441


American poetry---21st century

811.54 BRI