# My Alexandria

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- Book: [My Alexandria](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-doty/my-alexandria) ([My Alexandria.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-doty/my-alexandria.md))
- Authors: [Mark Doty](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-doty)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4811-368-2
- Published: 2011-11-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

My Alexandria comprises a series of eloquent meditations on the essential themes: mortality and life, beauty and loss. The collection is haunted by the spectre of AIDS, but is transfigured by Mark Doty's ranging imagination, effortless stylistic skill and huge emotional power.