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- Born: August 10, 1953
- Birthplace: Maryville, Tennessee
- First American to win T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
- 2008 National Book Award Finalist in Poetry for Fire to FireNational Book Foundation: Mark Doty, Fire to Fire
- Graduated from Drake University in Iowa
- MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College
- Partner is writer Paul Lisicky
- Teaches at the University of HoustonPoets.org: Mark Doty biography
- Fire to Fire is a "best-of" collection ranging Doty's entire career as a poet
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American poet and writer Mark Doty has written several collections of poetry, including Theories and Apparitions and Fire to Fire. His third and most recent memoir, Dog Years, follows the lives of Doty's dogs and is set against the backdrop of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Quotes
- "Into the paradise of euphony, the good poet must introduce hell. Broken paradises are the only kind worth reading."GoodReads: Quotes by Mark Doty
- "Because the golden egg gleamed in my basket once, though my childhood became an immense sheet of darkening water I was Noah, and I was his ark, and there were two of every animal inside me"GoodReads: Quotes by Mark Doty
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Mark Doty on Amazon
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Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems - $15.99
Mark Doty's Fire to Fire collects the best of his seven books of poetry, along with a generous selection of new work. His signature style encompasses both the plainspoken an...Amazon
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Dog Years - $18.95
Why do dogs speak so profoundly to our inner lives? When Mark Doty decides to adopt a dog as a companion for his dying partner, he finds himself bringing home Beau, a large golde...Amazon
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Firebird: A Memoir - $13.00
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 m...Amazon
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Dog Years: A Memoir (P.S.) - $13.99
When Mark Doty decides to adopt a dog as a companion for his dying partner, he brings home Beau, a large, malnourished golden retriever in need of loving care. Joining Arden, the b...Amazon
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Still Life With Oysters and Lemon: On Objects and Intimacy - $13.00
From Mark Doty, one of our finest poets, a delicate and sensual literary essay. Part memoir, part art history, part meditation, this hybrid volume uses the great Dutch still life p...Amazon
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Mark Doty Questions
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What are the proposed changes for Mark to Market regulation? 1 AnswerThey eased up on the guidelines of what the value of the investments are that a bank is holding. The trouble stemmed from the problem of banks with mortgages on... read more -
Marking helpful answers? 2 AnswersHi @livetta, Typically marking an answer as helpful is not "voting", though in a few cases, such as a few of the Mahalo contest questions, the person asking the... read more -
What makes Mark Harmon (Gibbs) so likeable on NCIS? 2 AnswersNCIS is one of the best written shows on TV. The characters play off each other very well. Gibbs plays the ringmaster in a circus of personalities. I love how h... read more -
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Why do people mark unhelpful on stupid questions? 12 AnswersIn my opinion, stupid questions deserve stupid/silly answers. At that point, it's all in good fun until the claws come out and we're punished for attempting to... read more
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7 books for dog lovers (the ones by Tobias Wolff and Mark Doty sound like particularly good reads....very meaty) http://tinyurl.com/yhnty8d
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News Updates Meet the Dogs of Brooklyn - From John Grogan's "Marley and Me" to Mark Doty's "Dog Years," man's best ... http://ow.ly/164l0T
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Meet the Dogs of Brooklyn: From John Grogan's "Marley and Me" to Mark Doty's "Dog Years," man's best friend h.. http://bit.ly/8TPoXc
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"Whatever happens to me,/ to us...somebody if I'm still lucky/ years from now will read this poem and walk/ on Broadway." - Mark Doty
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Post Wilde Boys late night with Angelo, who I adore, at Odessa on A. As we shamelessly gush over Mark Doty's first two books.
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