**"Fire to Fire should solidify Doty's position as a star of
contemporary American poetry. . . . The poems combine close attention to
the fragile, contingent things of the world with the constant, almost
unavoidable chance of transcendence." -- Publishers Weekly
**
A landmark collection of new and published works by one of our finest
poets that is a testament to the clarity and thoughtful lyricism of his
poems
Fire to Fire collects the best works from seven books of poetry by
Mark Doty, acclaimed poet and New York Times bestselling author of two
memoirs, Firebird and Dog Years.
Doty's subjects--our mortal situation, the evanescent beauty of the
world, desire's transformative power, and art's ability to give shape to
human lives--echo and develop across twenty years of poems. His
signature style encompasses both the plainspoken and the artfully
wrought; here one of contemporary American poetry's most lauded,
recognizable voices speaks to the crises and possibilities of our
times.