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Philip Hoare

Philip Hoare
Philip Hoare is the author of ten works of narrative nonfiction including William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love, The Whale, which won the 2009 Ballie Gifford Prize for nonfiction, and Albert & the Whale, also available from Pegasus Books. He lives in Southampton, England, and swims every day in the sea.


Poet of the Queer Brotherhood: How William Blake Influenced Oscar Wilde’s Circle

Philip Hoare on Paul Nash, W. Graham Robertson, “De Profundis,” and More
May 7, 2025  By Philip Hoare
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