Empire of the Air: Britton

by Donald Britton

Described as "dazzling" by Edmund White and as a poet "who has The Gift and delivers The Goods" by Kenward Elmslie, Donald Britton published just one book of poetry, Italy, before his death from AIDS in 1994. In the Empire of the Air: The Poems of Donald Britton reprints Italy alongside previously unpublished and uncollected poems to display the full range of Britton's fresh, vivid language and subtle humor. It is poetry by turns glamorous, wistful,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1937658449
• ISBN13: 9781937658441
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Nightboat Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"