![]() ![]() ![]() Shapland is working as an intern at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, when she stumbles upon several letters between McCullers and two women: Annemarie Schwarzenbach and Dr. Along with Jenn Shapland’s recent book, “My Autobiography of Carson McCullers,” it holds its subject in a tight embrace - affectionate possession but possession nonetheless - describing and experiencing the author’s life through another.īoth books hope to construct their own gay experience out of pieces of their iconic literary forebears. “It’s pointless, at this juncture to try and defend or explain myself,” he writes about halfway through his ambitious new book, “What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life.” “I saw what I saw.”īuilt around the reverberations in Doty’s life of the long-dead poet he calls “the man I love,” “What Is the Grass” is both a biography and a memoir. ![]() Taking a breather during an afternoon romp, poet Mark Doty describes looking up at his lover only to find himself face to face with Walt Whitman. ![]()
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