This collection includes handwritten and
typescript drafts of poems, short stories, essays, as well as the
correspondence of the American poet, Vern Rutsala.
Repository:
Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives Aubrey R. Watzek Library 0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd. Portland, OR 97219 archives@lclark.edu 503-768-7254
Languages:
English
Biographical Note
Vern Rutsala was born in 1934 in McCall, Idaho. He moved to Portland,
Oregon in the early 1940s where he attended Milwaukie High School. Rutsala
received his BA from Reed College in 1956 and an MFA from the University of
Iowa in 1960. He taught English at Lewis & Clark College in Portland,
Oregon from 1961-2004.
As a poet, Rutsala has published over 700 poems in poetry journals
including
Atlantic Monthly,
Times Literary Supplement,
New Yorker,
Midland,
Poetry,
Harper's,
American Poetry Review,
Chicago Review,
Mississippi Review,
Nebraska Review,
Seneca Review, and
New Letters. Rutsala has penned sixteen
books of poetry, and has been featured in numerous anthologies. Poetry prizes
received by Rutsala include the Carolyn Kizer Poetry Prize (twice), a Pushcart
Prize, a fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, an Oregon Masters
fellowship, two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the
Juniper Prize for his book, the Oregon Book Award, the Richard Snyder Prize,
the Kenneth O. Hanson Award, the Akron Poetry Prize, and a finalist selection
for the National Book Award for
The Moment's Equation.
Rutsala resides in Portland, Oregon.
Content Description
This collection is composed of poetry drafts and typescripts. Most
drafts are identified by date.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Restrictions on Use :
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in
the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written
permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Preferred Citation :
The Papers of Vern Rutsala, OLPb002RUT, Lewis Lewis & Clark
College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland,
Oregon.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Arranged in one series: 1. Poems (alphabetical by title)
Acquisition Information :
These papers were given to Lewis & Clark College in by Vern
Rutsala in annual gifts from 2001 to 2005.
Future Additions :
Additional materials will be added to this collection on an annual
basis.
Processing Note :
Processed in December of 2005.
Separated Materials :
Lewis & Clark College Special Collections also owns a complete set
of Rutsala's publications in books, anthologies, and journals.
Bibliography :
For more information about Rutsala's writings see:
Muller, Erik.
Vern Rutsala. Western Writers Series
no. 132, Boise State University, 1998.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series 1: Box 1 A-E, 1970-2005
1/2 cubic foot
Poetry Drafts and Typescripts
Alphabetical by poem title. Folder entries note where the poem was
published.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials
in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written
permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Folder
1
“Adelfina” Three drafts; three
full sheets and one small sheet. Three Rivers Poetry Journal, Summer
1986.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
2
“After the Dog Died” Five drafts;
seven sheets. Portland Review, June 1994.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
3
“Against Telephones” Six drafts;
five sheets. College English, December 1986.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
4
“Airport Thoughts” Ten drafts;
fifteen sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
5
“All Day” One draft. Four sheets.
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
6
“An American Morning” Three
drafts; three sheets. Poetry, January 1985.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
23
“The Bad Night” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
24
“Bandits” Six drafts; six sheets.
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
25
“...Baudelaire’s ‘Carrion’” Two
drafts; one sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
26
“The Beast in the Cellar” Three
drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
27
“Becoming American” One draft
(incomplete); one sheet. Poetry, June 1992; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
28
“Being Away II” Eight drafts;
nine sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
29
“Behind That Door” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
30
“Big Tires” Two drafts; two
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
31
“Billie Holiday” Five drafts;
nine sheets. Calapooya, 1998; Moment’s Equation (2004); Berberis Press
broadside (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
32
“Black Map” Two drafts; two
sheets. Chelsea, Fall 1991.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
33
“Blake in Idaho” One draft; three
sheets. The Chariton Review, Fall 1998; Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
34
“Bleached Grass” Nine drafts; one
large folded sheet, ten full sheets. Calapooya, 1998; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
35
“Body Language” Four drafts;
three sheets. Calapooya, 1998.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
36
“The Boneyard” Six drafts; six
full sheets and one small sheet. American Poetry Review, September/October
1996; Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
37
“Bravado and Rage: A Memoir”
Seven drafts; nine sheets. Black Warrior Review, Winter 1984; Ruined Cities
(1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
38
“Broken Songs” [fragment] One
draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
39
“Calling up the Pain” Eight
drafts; fourteen sheets. Earlier title: “Returning Your Call” Tar River Poetry,
Fall 1988; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
40
“Camping with Ecclesiastes” Five
drafts; twelve sheets. How We Spent Our Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
41
“The Cannery” Seven drafts; seven
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
42
“Cannon Beach Meditation”
Thirty-seven drafts; one hundred ten sheets (one folded and stapled). Earlier
titles: “Sand Dollars at Cannon Beach” and “Striking It Rich at Cannon Beach.”
Eleven drafts; forty-six sheets. Open Spaces, Summer 1998; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
43
“Cards From My Aunt” Three
drafts; three sheets. Crazyhorse, Fall 1984; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
44
“The Carnival” [prose] Four
drafts; forty sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
45
“Carpe Diem” One draft; one
sheet. A Handbook for Writers (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
46
“Carpentry” Four drafts.; four
sheets. Colorado Review, Spring/Summer 1991; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
47
“Carraway and the Ladies” [prose]
One drafts; six sheets (unseparated). Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
48
“Casualties” Three drafts; nine
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
49
“Casualties” [prose] Three
drafts; fifty sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
50
“Cathleen and the Book of
Blankness” [prose] One draft; two sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
51
“Choice” Unpublished? Five
drafts; six sheets.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
52
“Close Reading” One draft; two
sheets. The Quarterly, Summer 1990.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
53
“Cold Trees” Three drafts; three
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
54
“Coming Home” Five drafts; five
sheets. Poetry, January 1985; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
55
“Common Law Muse” One draft; two
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
56
“Cousins” Six drafts; six sheets.
The New Yorker, April 16, 1984; Ruined Cities (1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
57
“Cooperation” Three drafts; three
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
58
“The Cradle of Civilization”
Three drafts; five sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
59
“Dancing in the Attic” Fourteen
drafts; sixteen sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
60
“The Dark Figure” Four drafts;
three full sheets, one half sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
61
“A Day Late and a Dollar Short”
Seven drafts; fourteen full sheets, five small sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
62
“The Day You Knew Would Come”
Nine drafts; nine sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
63
“Days” One draft; one sheet.
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
64
“The Dead” One draft.; one sheet
(torn at bottom). Jefferson Monthly, November 1994; Ruined Cities
(1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
65
“Deceptions” One draft; one
sheet. Clackamas Literary Review, Spring 1998
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
66
“Departmental” Four drafts; four
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
67
“Detective Story” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
68
“Dilemma” One draft; one sheet.
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
69
“The Disposal” Six drafts; six
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
70
“Donning Armor” Three drafts;
three sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
71
“Door to Door” Nine drafts;
eleven sheets. Chadakoin Review, Summer 1990.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
72
“Drawing Petroglyphs” One draft;
one sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
73
“Driving North” Eight drafts;
eight sheets. Labeled “Driving 101 North” Hubbub, vol 10 (1992?); How We Spent
Our Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
74
“Driving South in ‘44” Four
drafts; four sheets. Nebraska Review Spring/Summer 1987.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
75
“Eating Nuts” Four drafts; three
sheets and one note card. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
76
“Empty Rooms” [1983] Four drafts;
four sheets. Earlier title: “After People Leave”
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
77
“Empty Rooms” [1986] One draft;
one sheet. The American Poetry Review, September/October 1989.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
78
“The End of Waiting” One draft;
one sheet. River Styx, 1993
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
79
“An Evening with Chuang Tzu”
[verse drama]. One draft; sixteen sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
80
“Every Year” Two drafts; seven
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
81
“Explication de Texte” One draft;
one sheet. The Sewanee Review, Summer 1983; Ruined Cities (1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials
in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written
permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Folder
1
“Families Returning” Four drafts;
seven sheets. Mud Creek, Fall 1989; Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
2
“Family” One draft; one sheet.
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
3
“A Family Story” Two drafts; five
sheets.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
4
“Father Fear” Four drafts; four
sheets. The Kenyon Review, Winter 1987.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
5
“Field Burning” Six drafts;
sixteen sheets. Crazyhorse, Spring 1987; Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
6
“Finns Have Long Memories” Two
drafts; eight sheets. ZYZZYVA, Summer 1989.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
7
“Fishing” [prose] One draft; five
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
9
“For Donald Hall” [prose] Four
drafts; four sheets and one note card. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
10
“Forest” Two drafts; two sheets.
Earlier title: “My Forest” Poetry Kanto, 1985.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
11
“The Forgetful House” One draft;
two sheets. The Seattle Review, Spring/Summer 1989.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
12
“From a Bestiary: Cobwebs, Broom,
Desk Blotter, Telephone, Thermostat, Flowers” Three drafts; three sheets.
Earlier title: “Six for a Bestiary” Portland Review, June 1994.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
13
“From Our Gift Catalog” Four
drafts; four sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
14
“The Frozen Lake” [prose] Four
drafts; thirty-three full sheets (five folded and/or taped), seven small
sheets, eleven note cards. Northwest Variety: Personal Essays By 14 Regional
Authors, 1987.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
15
“The Fruit Cellar” Nine drafts;
nine sheets (one folded). Earlier title: “The Fruit Cellar: A Memoir” Three
Rivers Poetry Journal, 1991.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
16
“Furniture” One draft; one sheet.
Fireweed, June 1991 [?? that poem is listed as “The Furniture Factory” but
there is an earlier poem under that same title from Harper’s in June
1974.]
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
17
“The Geek” Two drafts; two
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
19
“Getting and Spending” Eight
drafts; sixteen sheets. Earlier title: “Neighborhood Sales” The Laurel Review,
Spring 1996; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
20
“Getting Out of the Army” Six
drafts; nine sheets. How We Spent Our Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
21
“Getting Ready for Spring:
Barnes” Eleven drafts; fourteen sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
22
“Ghazal” Two drafts; three
sheets. Free Lunch, 2000.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
23
“Ghosts” Two drafts; two sheets.
Earlier title: “Mice” The Literary Review, Spring 1992.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
24
“Glory” Eight drafts; eight
sheets. The Seattle Review, Spring 1987.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
25
“Going to England” Two drafts;
three sheets. Stand, Spring 1984; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
26
“Going to Lydia’s” [prose] Three
drafts; thirty-three sheets (one torn off toward bottom, one taped and folded).
See “At Lydia’s.” Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
27
“The Goodbye Series: A Memoir”
Seven drafts, seven sheets. Earlier titles: “One Summer in the Sixties: A
Memoir” and “The Goodbye Series: One Summer: A Memoir” Massachusetts Review,
Fall 1985; Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
28
“Grandfather” Two drafts; two
sheets. The Sewanee Review, Summer 1998.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
29
“The Great Day” Three drafts;
three sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
30
“The Great Night” Six drafts; six
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
31
“The Guest” One draft; one sheet.
The Reaper, Spring 1983; Backtracking (1985).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
32
“Guilty Secrets: Watching Game
Shows” Eleven drafts; twenty sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
33
“Hands and Faces” [prose] Four
drafts; sixteen sheets. Earlier title: “The Photographer” Elkhorn Review,
Winter 1983-84.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
34
“Hannalore” [prose] Seven drafts;
twenty full sheets (one folded and taped) and two small sheets. The Prose Poem,
2000; A Handbook for Writers (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
35
“Hard Cases” Six drafts; six
sheets. Earlier titles: “Hard Times” and “Hard Scrabble.” The New Yorker,
August 29, 1985; Ruined Cities (1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
36
“The Hard Market” Seven drafts;
nine sheets. The Kansas Quarterly, Summer 1990.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
37
“The Hard Night” Two drafts; two
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
38
“The Hard Rock” Seven drafts;
seven sheets. On verso a few lines of “Remembering a Return”
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
39
“The Hard Song” Three drafts; two
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
40
“Having Your Picture Taken” Two
drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
41
“The History of Apples” Two
drafts; four sheets. Tar River Poetry, Spring,1985 and Tar River Poetry, 2000.
[same poem??]
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
42
“The History of Disappointment”
One draft; one sheet. College English, December 1986.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
43
“A History of Junk” Four drafts;
seven sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
44
“Hit Songs” Four drafts; six
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
45
“Hollywood” One draft; two sheets
(pages eight and twelve). Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
46
“Homage to William Carlos
Williams” Five drafts; five sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
47
“Home Remedies” Four drafts; four
sheets. College English, December 1986; Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
48
“Home Thoughts” Four drafts; five
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
49
“The House of Loneliness” One
draft; one sheet. Prairie Schooner, Fall 1997.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
50
“The House of Perfect Attendance”
[prose] Two drafts; six pages. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
51
“The House of Pleasure” One
draft; one sheet. A Handbook for Writers (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
52
“The House of the Past” One
draft; one sheet. A Handbook for Writers (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
53
“House Plants” Nine drafts;
thirteen sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
54
“How Deadshot Reed Got His Name”
Twelve drafts; twenty-four sheets. Other title: “Deadshot Reed, His Story”
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
55
“How It Felt” Two drafts; two
sheets. published as “How it Feels”? in A Handbook for Writers
(2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
56
“How to Leave Town” Five drafts;
five sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials
in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written
permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Folder
1
“K.C. Jones and Me” [prose] One
draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
2
“K*y*k Poem” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
3
“Keeping It Together” Fifteen
drafts; twenty-one full sheets, two smaller sheets. Earlier title: S.O.P.
Oregon English, Fall 1988; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
4
“Kees” Three drafts; three
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
5
“Killing Flies in Georgia” Eleven
drafts; forty-eight sheets. Ploughshares, Spring 1989; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
6
“Killing Time” Six drafts; six
sheets. The Review (Ohio State), Spring 1997; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
7
“The King of Childhood” Five
drafts; five sheets. Earlier title: “Wally.” Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
8
“The Knocking” Eight drafts;
eight sheets. Free Lunch, Summer 1990.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
9
“Largo” One draft; two sheets.
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
10
“Late Afternoon Class” One draft;
one sheet. Portland Review, June 1994.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
11
“Late Innings” Nine drafts;
eights sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
12
“Layers” One draft; two sheets.
Crazyhorse, Winter 1996.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
13
“Learning” Three drafts; seven
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
14
“Learning Your Lesson” Eight
drafts; nine sheets. Poetry East, Fall 1991.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
16
“A Legend” Ten drafts; nineteen
sheets. Other title: “The Legend of the Rocks” Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
17
“Lela and Others” Six drafts;
thirteen sheets. Earlier title: “Going through the Album”; also includes drafts
of “Going to School” and “Figures in the Dark.” Poetry, November 1983; Ruined
Cities (1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
18
“Letitia Loves Spud” [prose] Four
drafts; thirty-eight sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
19
“Letter from Cedars Road” Ten
drafts; seventeen sheets. Tampa Review, Fall/Winter 1996.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
20
“Listening to a Russian Choir”
Thirty-nine drafts; seventy-one sheets. Poetry, May 1994; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
21
“A Little Night Music” One draft;
one sheet. Black Water Review, Winter 1981; Ruined Cities (1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
22
“The Little Old Man” Four drafts;
four sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
23
“Lives Not Lived” Nineteen
drafts; eighteen sheets. Earlier title: “Walking After Midnight” Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
24
“Living C.P. Snow” One draft; one
sheet. Portland Review, 1979.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
25
“Living Somewhere Else” Five
drafts; five sheets. Harvard Magazine, September/October 1987; How We Spent Our
Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
27
“Look, We Have Come Through” Four
drafts; four sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
28
Looking For Work” Nine drafts;
six full sheets, three small sheets. Calapooya Collage 10, 1986; Greatest Hits
(2002); How We Spent Our Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
29
“The Lost Barn” Twelve drafts;
twenty-one sheets. Stand, Winter 1988-89.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
30
“The Lost Reader” Five drafts;
five sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
31
“Louver” Four drafts; four
sheets. Earlier title: “Sea.” The Chariton Review, Spring 1986.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
32
“Making a Living” Nine drafts;
nine sheets. Tar River Poetry, Spring 1985; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
33
“Making Lists” Four drafts; seven
sheets. The American Poetry Review, September/October 1989; How We Spent Our
Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
34
“Mavis” [prose] Three drafts;
twenty full sheets, two small sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
35
“Menus From the Thirties”
Thirteen drafts; nineteen sheets. Earlier title: “The Black Skillet”
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
36
“Missing It” One draft; one
sheet. Crazyhorse, Winter 1991; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
37
“The Modern Eye” Five drafts;
eleven sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
38
“The Moment’s Equation” Five
drafts; eleven full sheets and one card. Includes correspondence with the
editor of Sycamore Review. Sycamore Review, Summer 1990; The Moment’s Equation
(2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
39
“Moon Driving” Two drafts; two
sheets. Earlier title: “No Problem.” College English, March 1992; How We Spent
Our Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
40
“Moonlight Walk: Li Po” One
draft; four full sheets, one small sheet. Also includes “The Night Journey: Lu
Chi” and “Everyone Knows.” Ruined Cities (1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
41
“Morning Birds” Four drafts;
seven sheets. Earlier titles: “Morning Notes” and “Morning.” Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
42
“The Muse in a Holding Pattern”
Eleven drafts; eleven sheets. Clackamas Literary Review, Spring
1998.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
43
“The Muse of Bedroom Monsters”
One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
44
“The Muse of Self-Pity” One
draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
45
“The Muse of the First of the
Month” nine drafts; ten sheets. Tampa Review Fall/Winter 1996.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
46
“The Muse of the South Lockers”
Two drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
47
“The Muses of Rooms” One draft;
two sheets. Poetry, Winter 1990.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
48
“My Buddies” One draft; two
sheets. The Reaper, Spring 1983; Backtracking (1985).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
49
“My Father’s Cousin” One draft;
two sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
50
“My Sense of Your Life” Three
drafts; three sheets. Mr. Cogito, 1985.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
51
“A Mystery” One draft; two
sheets. Unpublished? [or is this “Our Mystery” Seattle Review, Summer
2000.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
52
“The Mystery of Lost Shoes” One
draft; one sheet. The Paris Review, Summer 1977; The Mystery of Lost Shoes
(1984); Greatest Hits (2002); Ruined Cities (1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
53
“Near Puget Sound” One draft;
three sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
55
“The New Librarian” [prose] One
draft; eleven sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
56
“The New Stove” Two drafts; three
sheets. Also includes a draft of “The Improvement” The Reaper, Spring 1983.
[“The Improvement” is from The Literary Review, Summer 1962; The Window (1984);
Backtracking (1985); Greatest Hits (2002).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
57
“The New Tree” One draft; two
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
58
“The New World” Eight drafts;
thirteen sheets. Panoply, Summer/Fall 1987.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
59
“Nickel and Dimed” One draft; two
sheets. The Reaper, Spring 1983; Backtracking (1985).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
60
“No” Four drafts; four sheets.
“Unpublished”
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
61
“Numbers Game” Two drafts; two
sheets. The Ohio Poetry Review, Spring/Summer 1994; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
62
“Of Lost Things” Three drafts;
three sheets. Earlier title: “The Drawer of Lost Things”
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials
in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written
permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Folder
1
“Pablo, I’m Tired Too” One draft;
one sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
2
“Pastoral” Two drafts; four
sheets. Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
3
“Pepper: 1940” Three drafts;
three sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
4
“The Plank Bridge” Eight drafts;
thirty-four sheets. Two sheets are folded and taped. Stapled to it is one
draft, six sheets of “The Visit” [prose]. Earlier title of “The Plank Bridge”:
“The Return.” Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
5
“Poetry and Vision: 1990” [prose]
Two drafts; four sheets. Mississippi Review vol iii, no. 3 (1990?).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
6
“The Poetry of W.S. Graham”
[prose] Two drafts; twenty-six sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
7
“Politics” Four drafts; ten
sheets. The Seattle Review, Spring 1987; Little-known Sports (1994).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
8
“Poltergeist” [prose] Three
drafts; thirty-seven sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
9
“Portland Hosts the Second
Coming” Four drafts; eight sheets. Agni, Fall 1990; Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
10
“The Potato Cellar” One draft;
two sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
11
“Progress” One draft; one sheet.
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
12
“Prospectus for Visitors” One
draft; one sheet. Poetry, December 1980; Ruined Cities (1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
13
“The Protocol of Shadows” Seven
drafts; seven sheets. Tar River Poetry, Fall 1996.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
14
“Pulling Up Stakes” Fifteen
drafts; sixteen sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
15
“Quest” One draft; two sheets.
Oregon Rainbow, Fall 1976; The Journey Begins (1976).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
16
“Raisins” Four drafts; four
sheets. The Kenyon Review, Winter 1987; Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
17
“Reading: A Memoir” Six drafts;
fourteen sheets. Poetry Northwest, Spring 1995.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
18
“Reading the Book of the Dead
Man” One draft; one small sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
19
“Reading the Days” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
20
“Reading the Sports Page” Three
drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
21
“Ready to Cook Still Life” Eleven
drafts; eight sheets. Earlier title: “We Shall Overcome Finnish Creole Shrimp”
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
22
“Real Things” One draft; one
sheet. Ohio Poetry Review, Spring/Summer 1984; Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
23
“Recipe Protest Poem” Two drafts;
two sheets. The International Examiner, October 16, 1991.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
24
“Reclaiming the House” Three
drafts; three sheets. The Sewanee Review, Winter 1988; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
25
“Recording” One draft; one sheet.
Rain City Review, Spring 1993.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
26
“The Rest of Your Life” Five
drafts; five sheets. Southwest Review, Winter 1989.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
27
“Reunion on the Weekend of the
Fourth” Ten drafts; thirty-one sheets. Southern Poetry Review, Fall 1993;
Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
28
“Revenant” [prose] Two drafts;
twenty-five sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
29
“Review of Sufficiency by Doug
Marx” [prose] Four drafts; seven full sheets, one small sheets.
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
30
“The Lost Reader” Five drafts;
five sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
31
“Rogers’ Rangers, A Late Report”
One draft; one sheet. Ruined Cities (1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
32
“Romance” Four drafts; seven
sheets. The Sewanee Review [date?] Republished in: Greatest Hits (2002); The
Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
33
“The Round Table” One draft; one
sheet. Backtracking (1985).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
34
“Run Sheep Run” Seven drafts;
seven sheets. Tar River Poetry, Fall 1996; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
35
“Runes for a Totem” Two drafts;
two sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
40
“Second Wives” Five drafts; seven
sheets. Earlier titles: “Party: Second Wives,” “Observations at a Party: Second
Wives.” Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
41
“Shame” Three drafts; three
sheets. The American Scholar, Fall 1988; Greatest Hits (2002); Moment’s
Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
42
“Shelter” Nine drafts; seventeen
sheets. Poetry, November 1986.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
43
“Shopping Carts” Two drafts; four
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
44
“Signs Unseen: To My Brother” Six
drafts; ten sheets. Earlier title: “Sharing the Grief: To My Brother.”
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
45
“The Situation Tonight” Seventeen
drafts; forty-four pages. Earlier title: “This Corner of the Map.” See “On This
Corner of the Map.” Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
46
“Skaters” One draft; one sheet.
Poetry, December 1980; Ruined Cities (1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
47
“Sleep 101” [prose] One draft;
two sheets. Open Space, 1985.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
48
“Slinging Hash” Three drafts;
three sheets. Missouri Review, Fall 1985.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
49
“Slivers” Eight drafts; fifteen
full sheets, one and a quarter note cards. Earlier titles: “My Father’s
Cousin,” “A Family Story.” Westbranch, Fall 1997; Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
50
“Small Craft Advisories” Three
drafts; three sheets. Hubbub, 1983; The Mystery of the Lost Shoes
(1984).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
52
“Some Houses” One draft; one
sheet. The Sewanee Review, Spring 1982; Ruined Cities (1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
53
“The Song” One draft; three
sheets. The Antioch Review, Spring 1996.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
54
“Sparrow” Two drafts; two sheets.
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
55
“Speaking Her Lonely Greek” One
draft; one sheet. Black Warrior Review, Winter 1981; Ruined Cities (1987);
Greatest Hits (2002).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
56
“Specter” One draft; three
sheets. The Georgia Review, Fall 1989; Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
57
“Spending the Night” Ten drafts;
forty sheets. How We Spent Our Time (2006)
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
58
“Spring in McCall, Idaho” Three
drafts; three sheets. Interim, Fall 1986.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
59
“Standing on the Corner” Eight
drafts; eight sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
60
“Stories” [prose] One draft;
seventeen sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
61
“The Story Without End”
Twenty-three drafts; forty-two sheets. Earlier titles: “The End of the Line,”
“Taking the Old Road.” Mid-American Review, Fall 1997; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
62
“Strangers’ Beds” Nine drafts;
twelve sheets (one torn). Earlier title: “Ten Years Later.”
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
63
“Suitable Transportation” One
draft; two sheets. The Reaper, Spring 1983; Backtracking (1985).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
64
“Summer’s End” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
65
“Sunday Drives” Ten drafts; ten
sheets. Earlier title: “My Contract.” Poetry East, Fall 1984.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
66
“Sunday Morning Walk: A Memoir”
Six drafts; twelve sheets. Nebraska Review, Spring/Summer 1987.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
67
“Sunset and Dawn: T’ao Ch’ien”
Seven drafts; seven sheets. Earlier title: “The Problem: T’ao Ch’ien” Calapooya
Collage 8, 1984.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
68
“The Super 99 Drive-In Cronicle”
Five drafts; five sheets. Colorado Review, Spring-Summer 1991; Moment’s
Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
69
“Surfaces” Nine drafts; seventeen
sheets. Earlier title: “Travellers.” Tar River Poetry, Fall 1988.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
70
“SW13” Ten sheets: drafts of
several poems including “Once Again”, “Walking By the Old House”, “Letter from
Cedars Road”, “House Plants”. “Getting Ready For Spring”, “Home Thoughts”,
“Back There”, “Look We Have Come Through”, and “Politics: There and Here.”
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials
in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written
permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Folder
1
“Taking Down the Tree” Nine
drafts; nine sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
2
“Taking Pictures” Three drafts;
three sheets. Wigwag, December 1989; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
3
“Taking the Old Road” Eight
drafts; fourteen sheets. Alexander, Robert and Mark Vinz and C.W. Truesdale,
eds. The Talking of Hands (Minneapolis: New Rivers Press, 1998); How We Spent
Our Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
4
“A Tale of the Fifties” [prose]
One draft; twelve sheets. Earlier/alternative titles: “Art Macki’s Fiftieth
Year,” “A Birthday Party: A Tale of the Fifties.”
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
5
“Talking to Strangers” Eight
drafts; ten sheets. The Hudson Review, Spring 1987; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
6
“Ten Years Later” Eleven drafts;
eleven sheets. See also “Stranger’s Beds” and “Walking By Our Old House.”
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
7
“Thanksgivings” One draft; two
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
8
“That Other House” Six drafts;
six sheets. Literature and Belief, Fall 1986.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
9
“Theory of Fiction” One draft;
one sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
10
“They” Four drafts; twelve
sheets. Other title: “They Were Always Out There” Pebble 9 (1972?); Paragraphs
(1978).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
11
“Thieves” Twenty drafts; twenty
sheets. Clackamas Literary Review, Spring 1998.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
12
“This Corner” Fifteen drafts;
twenty-nine sheets. Earlier/alternative title: “This Corner of the Map.” See
also “On This Corner of the Map.” Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
13
“This Otherness” Two drafts; two
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
14
“Throwing: A Memoir” Three
drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
15
“Time” One draft; one sheet.
Poetry, June 1989; Ruined Cities (1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
16
“To the Canadian Immigration
Officials at Blaine, WA” Three drafts; six sheets. The Wilmington Review, Fall
1987.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
16B
“To Whom it May Concern” Three
drafts; four sheets. unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
17
“Tom Pete” Two drafts; two
sheets. Poetry NOW, no. 6 (1975??); Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
18
“Toothbrushes” Two drafts; two
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
19
“Traffic Watch” Eight drafts;
eight sheets. The Atlantic, February 1987; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
20
The Trailer” [prose] Three
drafts; seven full sheets, two half sheets, three note cards.
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
21
“Translations from Rilke” [“From
a Childhood”, “End of Autumn” and “The Neighbor.”] Three sheets.
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
22
“Travelling East” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
23
“Travelling One Way” Two drafts;
four sheets. Calapooya Collage 12, 1988; Greatest Hits (2002); How We Spent Our
Time (2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
24
“Trees and Wind” Six drafts; five
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
25
“Trust” Eight drafts; eleven
sheets. The Chariton Review, Fall 1988.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
26
“The Truth About Us: William
Carlos Williams” Four drafts; twenty-six full sheets, five small sheets,
thirty-two note cards. Earlier title: “Getting the News.” New England
Review/Breadloaf Quarterly, Fall 1985.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
27
“Two Rooms” Five drafts; nine
sheets, one note card. Earlier title: “The Sadness of Two Rooms.”
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
28
“Two Weeks” [prose] One draft;
three sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
29
“Uncle” Five drafts; six sheets.
Poetry, November 1983; Ruined Cities (1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
30
“Vanport” [prose] Three drafts;
eleven full sheets, seven small sheets, six note cards.
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
31
“Walking By Our Old House” Nine
drafts; nine sheets. Earlier title: “Ten Years Later” (see above). Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
32
“Wallace Stevens and the Malady
of the Quotidian” [prose] Two drafts; twenty-six sheets.
Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
33
“Watching Game Shows” Twenty
drafts; twenty-five sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
34
“The Way We Live Now” Three
drafts; three sheets. The Chowder Review, 1985; Ruined Cities
(1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
35
“We Count on Brady” Twenty-one
drafts; fifty-eight sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
36
“We Count on Brady” [prose poem]
One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
37
“We Learned It At the Movies”
Twelve drafts; fifteen sheets. Earlier titles: “An Education at the Movies” and
“Going to School at the Movies.” Prairie Schooner, Fall 1997.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
38
“We Save What We Can: A Memoir”
Five drafts; six sheets. Calapooya Collage 16, 1992.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
39
“Wedding Gift” Five drafts; ten
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
40
“What Days Do” Five drafts; eight
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
41
“What Have You Done?” Two drafts;
two sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
42
“What Needs to Be Said?” Eleven
drafts; twenty-one sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
43
“What the World Does” Twenty
drafts; thirty-five sheets. Earlier title: “Aunt Jenny and the American Dream”
Agni, Spring 1997; Moment’s Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
44
“What They Did” One draft; one
sheet. The Massachusetts Review, Summer 1996.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
45
“What Thou Lovest Well Remains:
Ezra Pound” [prose] Two drafts; seven full sheets, one small sheet, three note
cards. What Thou Lovest Well Remains: 100 Years of Ezra Pound, ed. Ardinger
(Limberlost Press, 1986).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
46
“What We Owe” Sixteen drafts;
nineteen sheets. Winter Springs, Willow 1999.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
47
“What We Really Want” One draft;
one sheet. Advancing Poetry [Class Antholog-Advanced Poetry Writing 422], 1992;
The Mystery of the Lost Shoes (1984).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
48
“Whatever It Is” Eight drafts;
eight sheets. Earlier titles: “One Day” and “Routine.” Indiana Review, Winter
1989.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
49
“What’s Out There Now” Nineteen
drafts; twenty-one sheets. The Gettysburg Review, Summer 1997; Moment’s
Equation (2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
50
“Where the Path Disappears” One
draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
51
“Where We Live” Four drafts;
three sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
52
“White Water” Five drafts; four
sheets, one note card. Poetry, November 1986.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
53
“Wilderness” One drafts; two
sheets (one torn). Brown Journal of the Arts, Spring 1984. Reprinted in
Pushcart Prize X; Ruined Cities (1987).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
54
“The Windowsill Over the Sink”
Three drafts; three sheets. The Atlantic, August 1984; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
55
“Winter” Three drafts; two
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
56
“Without Words” Four drafts; four
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
57
“The Woman in the Pub” [prose]
One draft; nineteen sheets. The Massachusetts Review, Fall 1998.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
58
“Words” One draft; one sheet.
Washington Post Bookweek (reprinted)
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
59
“Writing to the Past” One draft;
one sheet. College English, March 1992; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
60
“Yard Sales, Garage Sales…” Four
drafts; four sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
61
“A Year Away” Seven drafts; seven
sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
62
“Yet Another of the Lost” Three
drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
63
“You Said I Should Look” Four
drafts; four sheets. River Styx, 1993
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
64
“You Should Pay Attention” Three
drafts; three sheets. Panoply, Summer/Fall 1987.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for
research.
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