Mark Doty is an American poet and writer, and winner of many awards, including the T. S. Eliot prize. He has published eight volumes of poetry and four books of non-fiction, including Dog Years: a Memoir which features the two dogs in this poem.
‘Theory of Marriage (The Hug)’ is from Theories and Apparitions (Jonathan Cape 2008) and is reprinted here by permission of The Random House Group Ltd.
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