Positives: Verses

by Thom Gunn, Ander Gunn

Thom Gunn is a poet, his brother is a photographer. In Positives" they have joined forces to produce a book in which poetry and visual imagery are used to counterpoint and reinforce each other; and to produce between them an effect more powerful and more moving than either would on its own. Every opening of the book has, on the right hand page, a photograph by Ander Gunn; and, faceing it, a poem by Thom Gunn. Each is reveleant to the other; and the whole organic series of poems and pictures is a bold, exciting and successful creative experiment."...from the cover flap

Genres: Poetry

78 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Thom Gunn (29 August 1929 – 25 April 2004), born Thomson William Gunn, was an Anglo-American poet who was praised for his early verses in England, where he was associated with The Movement, and his later poetry in America, even after moving toward a looser, free-verse style. After relocating from England to San Francisco, Gunn wrote about gay-related topics—particularly in his most famous work, The Man With Night Sweats in 1992—as well as drug use, sex, and his bohemian lifestyle. He won major literary awards.