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Thom Gunn, 1929-2004.(Notebook)(Obituary)
Leaving aside the fact that there will always be some who disapprove of Thom Gunn on principle, it would be easy to read his life and career as a cautionary tale: the young poet of prodigious assurance and power, a modern Metaphysical, who squandered his gifts on the hippydom of 1960s California, slackened his line, coarsened his feelings, and banalized his diction. Those who think this might concede that his elegies to AIDS victims in the early 1990s marked a partial return to form, followed by the unevenness of his last volume, Boss Cupid (2000).
Not surprisingly, Gunn did not see things that way. For him, the much-admired early poem "On the Move" exhibited an ...
- Re-experiencing Thom Gunn.(ESSAY)
- Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide Forester, C.Q. September 1, 2005 700+ words
MY FIRST ENCOUNTER with Thom Gunn (1929-2004) did not go well...believed they were. In 2003 I chose Gunn's work as the subject of an MFA...from other interviews that appear in Thom Gunn in Conversation with James Campbell...
- British-born poet Thom Gunn, known for mastery of form, dead at 74.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire April 28, 2004 700+ words
...Byline: Ali Velshi, Pat Kiernan Thom Gunn, the prize-winning British-born...died, his partner said. He was 74. Gunn died in his sleep Sunday night at his...of 52 years. Kitay said he believed Gunn died of a heart attack, but the medical...
- Thom Gunn.(Poem)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Spectator O'Brien, Sean March 1, 2008 700+ words
Thom Gunn We set out to explore the poison root, To etch the brain with new cartography...those of us who longed to board but failed Salute you in absentia, Captain Gunn, Now attitude and argosy have sailed Beyond the west. You had no other...
- Poet Thom Gunn dies.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
- Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books April 29, 2004 700+ words
...C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD British poet Thom Gunn has died on 25 April 2004 aged 74. The Cambridge-educated...poetry and various long form poems and essays published. Gunn's final collection, 'Boss Cupid', was published in...
- Breakfast With Thom Gunn.(Poem)
- Magazine article from: The Kenyon Review Mann, Randall June 22, 2006 700+ words
BREAKFAST WITH THOM GUNN in memory, 1929-2004 We choose a cheap hotel because they're serving drinks. We drink. I hear him tell a tale or two: He...
- Died.(Transitions)(Thom Gunn)(Joy Rosenblatt)(Scott Stewart)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) June 8, 2004 700+ words
DIED: Thom Gunn, 74, an openly gay poet famous for his writings on California's counterculture, possibly of a heart attack, at his home in...
- Dame awarded literary prize.(Dame Beryl Bainbridge, Thom Gunn share David Cohen...
- Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books April 1, 2003 700+ words
...her lifelong achievement in enriching the literary world. Bainbridge shares the biennial David Cohen award with poet Thom Gunn. Each writer receives a share of the GBP40,000 prize, GBP5,000 of which they will each donate to encourage further...
- Gunn-ing for the top: after a setback from epilepsy, Chanda Gunn's first...
- Magazine article from: Hockey Digest O'Donnell, Chuck January 1, 2004 700+ words
...support touched Northeastern goalie Chanda Gunn, and she wanted to do something to show...wanted to get something started for them," Gunn says. The senior goalie had ambitious...them." Acts like this are the reason Gunn was a finalist for the Humanitarian Award...
- Gunn revamping media-services strategy.
- Magazine article from: San Antonio Business Journal MONROE, MELISSA S. October 30, 1998 700+ words
Locally based Gunn Automotive Group has named four media firms...and marketing duties for the company. Gunn Automotive recently ended a nine-year...vice president of consumer strategy for Gunn Automotive, says Cavazos Public Relations...
- Gunn drops Daewoo franchise due to a clause in GM contract.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: San Antonio Business Journal ALDRIDGE, JAMES October 6, 2000 700+ words
...cars for almost a year and a half, the Gunn Automotive Group was asked by the South...impasse stemming from a disagreement over Gunn's location for the dealership. Chris...vice president of consumer strategies for Gunn Automotive, says the situation arose from...
Source: HighBeam Research, Thom Gunn, 1929-2004.(Notebook)(Obituary)