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Heaven's coast : a memoir / Mark Doty.
Van Pelt Library RC607.A26 H416 1996
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LIBRA RC607.A26 H416 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doty, Mark.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roberts, Wally, -1993--Health.
- Roberts, Wally.
- Roberts, Wally, -1993.
- AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Massachusetts--Provincetown--Biography.
- AIDS (Disease).
- AIDS (Disease)--Patients.
- Biography.
- Health.
- Massachusetts--Provincetown.
- Genre:
- collective biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 305 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, [1996]
- Summary:
- In this "part memoir, part journal, part elegy for a life of rare communion and beauty," the author/poet reveals the accommodations and adjustments he and his partner must make when they discover Wally is HIV-positive.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Is there a future? April 1993
- I. Coastal Studies. Sweet chariot: February 1994 ; Cold dark deep and absolutely clear ; Seal coda ; 115 Beacon Street ; A shore walk ; House finches ; Dancing ; A visit with Bill ; A black beaded dress ; Crash
- II. Through. Descent ; Refuge ; Refuge (2) ; Accident ; Refuge (3) ; Suspense ; Accommodation ; Grace ; Twelve months
- Epilogue: Consolations.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.
- ISBN:
- 006017210X
- OCLC:
- 34029880
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