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“The Man with Night Sweats” by Thom Gunn

Thom Gunn memorializes his loved ones who died of AIDS
Posted on January 17, 2014 by Christopher Hewitt (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Thom Gunn’s The Man with Night Sweats (1992) memorializes a San Francisco poet’s tragic losses due to AIDS. An “Anglo-American poet” known for his brainy yet visceral formal verse, the late British expatriate often wrote in meter and rhyme about his … Continue reading →

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