Queen Christina
Randall Mann, "Queen Christina" from Breakfast with Thom Gunn. Copyright © 2009 by Randall Mann. Reprinted by permission of The University of Chicago Press.
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Poet Randall Mann
POET’S REGION U.S., Western
Subjects Living, Death, Health & Illness, Love, Heartache & Loss, Activities, Indoor Activities, Relationships, Social Commentaries, Gender & Sexuality
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza, Sonnet
Biography
Randall Mann’s poems are often set within the landscape of Florida or California. Influenced by Philip Larkin, Elizabeth Bishop, and Donald Justice, Mann’s poetry—at once vulnerable, unflinching, and brave in its ambivalence—explores themes of loss, attraction, brutality, and expectation. Of his preference for working in form, Mann says, “Form helps me approach more comfortably the personal, helps me harden argument.”
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SUBJECT Living, Death, Health & Illness, Love, Heartache & Loss, Activities, Indoor Activities, Relationships, Social Commentaries, Gender & Sexuality
POET’S REGION U.S., Western
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza, Sonnet
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