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"About Time: Poems" by David Duchovny

By Joe Donahue

Published December 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM EST

Book cover for "About Time: Poems" by David Duchovny

"About Time," David Duchovny's seventh published - and first poetic - work, covers a range of intimate themes and topics, including love, the loss of love, parenting, Duchovny’s own parents, alienation, and other emotional quandaries.

David Duchovny is an award-winning actor, director, New York Times best-selling author, and singer-songwriter.

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[Included poems written and read by David Duchovny and made available by Random House Audio.]

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