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Review

"You make desire seem easy," begins the poem "To Cupid." Yet, in Boss Cupid Thom Gunn shows desire for the complicated tableau it truly is. This, his twelfth book of poems brings Gunn's rich work closer to the edge. Quintessentially the San Francisco poet, this Britain-born writer tackles every dimension of the desire that confronts humanity living in the 2000 America - whether in a café, on the commute, or in a bar.
His craft commands respect in its austerity, diction and very directness. This is so, whether in depth, fluidity authority and formal range. Invoking a textured collage of carnal forces, Gunn gives the reader a window through to digest the longing and exuberance poring forth from poem after poem….Even the non-poetry reader would enjoy this adventurous work in the the vita of a young novelist (whose first book was published in the same week that his lover died) gives way immediately to musings about a sturdy broad-shouldered young man on line at the post office."
Jon Nalley, New York Blade News