West of Yesterday, East of Summer: New and Selected Poems (1973–1993)

A poetry collection spanning the career of award-winning writer Paul Monette

Paul Monette got his start writing poetry, and it was to this form that he returned following the death of his partner Roger Horwitz from AIDS-related complications. This stunning collection includes Monette’s early work as well as the beautiful and wrenching poems borne out of this immense loss. Written with characteristic wit, these poems deftly traverse humor, rage, love, and sorrow.

West of Yesterday, East of Summer captures the range of an important writer.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Paul Monette including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the Paul Monette papers of the UCLA Library Special Collections.

© 2014 Open Road Media (E-bog): 9781480473737

Release date

E-bog: 25. marts 2014