Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life by Michael Nott review the poet laureate of Haight-Ashbury
Briefly

One morning in 1944, Thom Gunn discovered his mother's tragic suicide, shaping his fear of deep emotions and influencing his lifelong writing approach.
Gunn's writing served as a form of denial and defense mechanism against his childhood trauma, leading him to adopt personas and emulate unemotional figures like Coriolanus.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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