{"product_id":"love-speaks-its-name-gay-and-lesbian-love-poems-hardcover","title":"Love Speaks Its Name: Gay and Lesbian Love Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. D. McClatchy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Sappho to Shakespeare to Cole Porter-a marvelous and wide-ranging collection of classic gay and lesbian love poetry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poets represented here include Walt Whitman, Hart Crane, Gertrude Stein, Federico Garc a Lorca, Djuna Barnes, Constantine Cavafy, Elizabeth Bishop, W. H. Auden, and James Merrill. Their poems of love are among the most perceptive, the most passionate, the wittiest, and the most moving we have. From Michelangelo's \"Love Misinterpreted\" to No l Coward's \"Mad About the Boy,\" from May Swenson's \"Symmetrical Companion\" to Muriel Rukeyser's \"Looking at Each Other,\" these poems take on both desire and its higher power: love in all its tender or taunting variety.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Sappho to Shakespeareto Cole Porter--a marvelous and wide-ranging collection of classic gay and lesbian love poetry. \u003cbr\u003eThe poets represented here include Walt Whitman, Hart Crane, Gertrude Stein, Federico Garcia Lorca, Djuna Barnes, Constantine Cavafy, Elizabeth Bishop, W. H. Auden, and James Merrill. Their poems of love are among the most perceptive, the most passionate, the wittiest, and the most moving we have. From Michelangelo's \"Love Misinterpreted\" to Noel Coward's \"Mad About the Boy,\" from May Swenson's \"Symmetrical Companion\" to Muriel Rukeyser's \"Looking at Each Other,\" these poems take on both desire and its higher power: love in all its tender or taunting variety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. D. McClatchy is the author of four books of poetry, two books of literary essays, and four opera libretti. He is editor of The Yale Review and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 6.48 x 4.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lambda Literary Awards (2001)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725406834751,"sku":"9780375411700","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1eb14ce98e92300c13ba0d383d732558.webp?v=1765106443","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/love-speaks-its-name-gay-and-lesbian-love-poems-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}