It's been quite a while since our group went through its Thom Gunn groupie phase, reading Boss Cupid in 2008 and The Man with Night Sweats the following year. (We've also encountered several of his poems in various collections over the years.) But a recent New Republic essay by Jeremy Lybarger, "Thom Gunn's Anti-Confessional Poetry," has renewed my interest in Gunn's work. If you're not yet familiar with the poet, do yourself a favor and read this crisp overview of his life and work--and then order one of his collections. Even if you are already a fan, I predict you'll find new nuggets to savor in Lybarger's sympathetic yet probing portrait of a complex artist.
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