Mark Doty

I'm the sort of writer who is almost entirely dependent upon experience; my imagination goes into action when I try to look closely at w...

Tuesday was the first day of school, and a memorably trying one. I was running late after a morning appointment, missed the train I meant t...

This one comes from Robert Hass, from "Consciousness," concerned with the complicated, branching, elusive nature of awareness. It ...

This from Joan Didion's new BLUE NIGHTS: You pass a window, you walk to Central Park, you find yourself swimming in the color blue: th...

One of several resolutions for the new year: blow the dust from this six-month neglected blog, which, after a summer break, I began to miss....

Summer feels like no time to blog, as the distance in time between the last post and this one will attest. i want to be out in the garden, o...

The quotes are my favorite part.