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born

August 29, 1929 in Gravesend, Kent, The United Kingdom

died

April 25, 2004

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genre

Poetry

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Books by Thom Gunn

Average rating: 4.02 · 366 ratings · 37 reviews · 28 distinct works

	The Man With Night Sweats 4.14 avg rating — 127 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	Collected Poems 4.10 avg rating — 82 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Boss Cupid: Poems 3.71 avg rating — 42 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Selected Poems by Thom Gunn, August Kleinzahler (Editor) 3.88 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1974 — 6 editions	My rating:
	My Sad Captains 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings	My rating:
	Jack Straw's Castle 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Passages Of Joy 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Ezra Pound: Poems 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Occasions of Poetry: Essays in Criticism and Autobiography 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Fighting Terms 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1970	My rating:

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“Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help.”
― Thom Gunn

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“Their relationship consisted
In discussing if it existed.”
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“As humans we look at things and think about what we've looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private art gallery.”
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