Mark Doty is the author of eight books of poems and four volumes of nonfiction prose. He has received the National Book Critics Circle Award and the <em>Los Angeles Times</em> Book Prize; his <em>Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems</em> is nominated for the 2008 National Book Award in poetry. In this recording from our 2008 Seminar, Doty reads a selection of work inspired by a visit to Key West in 1997, including a section from his 2007 memoir <em>Dog Years</em>, and the poems "Sea Grape Valentine," "Watermelon Soda," and "Catalina Macaw." <br>
The first session of the 2008 Seminar kicked off in fine form with a John Hersey Memorial Address from the marvelous poet Mark Doty.
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