Randall Mann
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Randall Mann is an American
poet
.He was born in Provo, Utah in 1972, the only son to Olympic Track and Field medalist, Ralph Mann
. He is the author of Breakfast with Thom Gunn (University of Chicago, 2009), Complaint in the Garden (Zoo Press, 2004), winner of the 2003 Kenyon Review Prize in Poetry, and co-author of the textbook Writing Poems (7th ed. Pearson Longman, 2007). His poetry often describes Florida, San Francisco and contemporary gay life. Mann currently lives in San Francisco, California
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Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
.He was born in Provo, Utah in 1972, the only son to Olympic Track and Field medalist, Ralph Mann
Ralph Mann
Ralph Mann was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meter hurdles. He was an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, and later earned a Ph.D. in Biomechanics from the Washington State University...
. He is the author of Breakfast with Thom Gunn (University of Chicago, 2009), Complaint in the Garden (Zoo Press, 2004), winner of the 2003 Kenyon Review Prize in Poetry, and co-author of the textbook Writing Poems (7th ed. Pearson Longman, 2007). His poetry often describes Florida, San Francisco and contemporary gay life. Mann currently lives in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
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Work Online
Poetry- Rain / Complaint in the Garden / The Lady Wishfort / Social Life
- Blind Date at the Blue Plate / The After Party /A Sick Day
- Ganymede on Polk Street / Orpheus at cafe Flore / Short Short / Abandoned Landscapes / Elipsis / Postcard from California
- A View / American (Bathroom) Graffiti
- Aubade
- Old Haunts
- The Future Tense
- Song
- Fetish
- N
- Last Call
- Poem Beginning with a Line by John Ashbery
- Cockroach
- The Sunset
- Night: A Fragment
- The End of Landscape
- Ian Hamilton in Florida
- Monday (with history of composition)
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