Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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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
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Collection Number:
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OLPb002RUT
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Creator:
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Rutsala,
Vern
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Title:
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Vern Rutsala Papers
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Dates:
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1970-2006 (inclusive)
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Quantity:
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3 cubic feet
5 boxes
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Languages:
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English
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Summary:
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This collection includes handwritten and
typescript drafts of poems, short stories, essays, as well as the
correspondence of the American poet, Vern Rutsala.
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Location of Collection:
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Special Collections
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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.
Arrangement
Arranged in one series: 1. Poems (alphabetical by title)
Administrative Information
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.
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.
Related Information
Bibliography For more information about Rutsala's writings see:
Muller, Erik.
Vern Rutsala. Western Writers Series
no. 132, Boise State University, 1998.
Subjects
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
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| Rutsala,
Vern--Archives |
| American poetry -- 20th
century |
| Poetry -- 20th
century |
| Poets -- 20th
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| Poets, American -- 20th century |
| Poetry
drafts--1970-2005 |
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
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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.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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“Adelfina” Three drafts; three
full sheets and one small sheet. Three Rivers Poetry Journal, Summer
1986.
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“After the Dog Died” Five drafts;
seven sheets. Portland Review, June 1994.
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“Against Telephones” Six drafts;
five sheets. College English, December 1986.
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“Airport Thoughts” Ten drafts;
fifteen sheets. Unpublished?
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“All Day” One draft. Four sheets.
Unpublished?
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“An American Morning” Three
drafts; three sheets. Poetry, January 1985.
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“American Names” Seven drafts;
seven sheets. Three Rivers Poetry Journal, Summer 1986; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
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“American Song” Twelve drafts;
twenty-three sheets. Unpublished?
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“Angels” Six drafts; ten sheets.
Unpublished?
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“Another Night” Three drafts;
three sheets. Unpublished?
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“Another of the Lost” Two drafts;
three sheets. Unpublished?
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“Approaching 1934” Three drafts;
five sheets. A Handbook for Writers (2004)
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“April” Two drafts; two sheets.
Interim Fall 1986.
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“As Luck Would Have It” One
draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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“At Four in the Morning” One
draft; one folded sheet. Columbia, Spring/Summer 1982; Ruined Cities
(1987).
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“At Lydia’s” [prose] One draft.;
nine sheets. See “Going to Lydia’s.” Unpublished?
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“At This Point” One draft; two
sheets. Unpublished?
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“August Memories” Six drafts; ten
sheets. Moment’s Equation (2004)
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“Aunt Fret” Three drafts; three
sheets. published as “Fret” in Moment’s Equation (2004)?
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“Back There” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
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“The Backyard at Night” Three
drafts; three sheets. Poetry Kanto, 1985.
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“Backyard Elegy” Seven drafts;
seven sheets. Unpublished?
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“The Bad Night” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
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“Bandits” Six drafts; six sheets.
Unpublished?
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“...Baudelaire’s ‘Carrion’” Two
drafts; one sheet. Unpublished?
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“The Beast in the Cellar” Three
drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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“Becoming American” One draft
(incomplete); one sheet. Poetry, June 1992; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
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“Being Away II” Eight drafts;
nine sheets. Unpublished?
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“Behind That Door” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
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“Big Tires” Two drafts; two
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Billie Holiday” Five drafts;
nine sheets. Calapooya, 1998; Moment’s Equation (2004); Berberis Press
broadside (2006).
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“Black Map” Two drafts; two
sheets. Chelsea, Fall 1991.
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“Blake in Idaho” One draft; three
sheets. The Chariton Review, Fall 1998; Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“Bleached Grass” Nine drafts; one
large folded sheet, ten full sheets. Calapooya, 1998; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
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“Body Language” Four drafts;
three sheets. Calapooya, 1998.
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“The Boneyard” Six drafts; six
full sheets and one small sheet. American Poetry Review, September/October
1996; Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“Bravado and Rage: A Memoir”
Seven drafts; nine sheets. Black Warrior Review, Winter 1984; Ruined Cities
(1987).
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“Broken Songs” [fragment] One
draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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“Calling up the Pain” Eight
drafts; fourteen sheets. Earlier title: “Returning Your Call” Tar River Poetry,
Fall 1988; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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“Camping with Ecclesiastes” Five
drafts; twelve sheets. How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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“The Cannery” Seven drafts; seven
sheets. Unpublished?
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“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).
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“Cards From My Aunt” Three
drafts; three sheets. Crazyhorse, Fall 1984; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
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“The Carnival” [prose] Four
drafts; forty sheets. Unpublished?
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“Carpe Diem” One draft; one
sheet. A Handbook for Writers (2004).
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“Carpentry” Four drafts.; four
sheets. Colorado Review, Spring/Summer 1991; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
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“Carraway and the Ladies” [prose]
One drafts; six sheets (unseparated). Unpublished?
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“Casualties” Three drafts; nine
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Casualties” [prose] Three
drafts; fifty sheets. Unpublished?
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“Cathleen and the Book of
Blankness” [prose] One draft; two sheets. Unpublished?
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“Choice” Unpublished? Five
drafts; six sheets.
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“Close Reading” One draft; two
sheets. The Quarterly, Summer 1990.
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“Cold Trees” Three drafts; three
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Coming Home” Five drafts; five
sheets. Poetry, January 1985; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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“Common Law Muse” One draft; two
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Cousins” Six drafts; six sheets.
The New Yorker, April 16, 1984; Ruined Cities (1987).
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“Cooperation” Three drafts; three
sheets. Unpublished?
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“The Cradle of Civilization”
Three drafts; five sheets. Unpublished?
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“Dancing in the Attic” Fourteen
drafts; sixteen sheets. Unpublished?
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“The Dark Figure” Four drafts;
three full sheets, one half sheet. Unpublished?
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“A Day Late and a Dollar Short”
Seven drafts; fourteen full sheets, five small sheets. Unpublished?
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“The Day You Knew Would Come”
Nine drafts; nine sheets. Unpublished?
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“Days” One draft; one sheet.
Unpublished?
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“The Dead” One draft.; one sheet
(torn at bottom). Jefferson Monthly, November 1994; Ruined Cities
(1987).
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“Deceptions” One draft; one
sheet. Clackamas Literary Review, Spring 1998
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“Departmental” Four drafts; four
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Detective Story” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
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“Dilemma” One draft; one sheet.
Unpublished?
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“The Disposal” Six drafts; six
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Donning Armor” Three drafts;
three sheets. Unpublished?
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“Door to Door” Nine drafts;
eleven sheets. Chadakoin Review, Summer 1990.
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“Drawing Petroglyphs” One draft;
one sheet. Unpublished?
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“Driving North” Eight drafts;
eight sheets. Labeled “Driving 101 North” Hubbub, vol 10 (1992?); How We Spent
Our Time (2006).
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“Driving South in ‘44” Four
drafts; four sheets. Nebraska Review Spring/Summer 1987.
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“Eating Nuts” Four drafts; three
sheets and one note card. Unpublished?
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“Empty Rooms” [1983] Four drafts;
four sheets. Earlier title: “After People Leave”
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“Empty Rooms” [1986] One draft;
one sheet. The American Poetry Review, September/October 1989.
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“The End of Waiting” One draft;
one sheet. River Styx, 1993
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“An Evening with Chuang Tzu”
[verse drama]. One draft; sixteen sheets. Unpublished?
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“Every Year” Two drafts; seven
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Explication de Texte” One draft;
one sheet. The Sewanee Review, Summer 1983; Ruined Cities (1987).
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Series 1:
Box 2 F-J, 1970-2005
1/2 cubic foot
Poetry Drafts and Typescripts
Alphabetical by poem title.
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Container(s)
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Dates
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“Families Returning” Four drafts;
seven sheets. Mud Creek, Fall 1989; Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“Family” One draft; one sheet.
Unpublished?
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“A Family Story” Two drafts; five
sheets.
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“Father Fear” Four drafts; four
sheets. The Kenyon Review, Winter 1987.
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“Field Burning” Six drafts;
sixteen sheets. Crazyhorse, Spring 1987; Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“Finns Have Long Memories” Two
drafts; eight sheets. ZYZZYVA, Summer 1989.
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“Fishing” [prose] One draft; five
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Folly” [prose] One draft; seven
sheet (four folded and/or taped together). Unpublished?
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“For Donald Hall” [prose] Four
drafts; four sheets and one note card. Unpublished?
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“Forest” Two drafts; two sheets.
Earlier title: “My Forest” Poetry Kanto, 1985.
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“The Forgetful House” One draft;
two sheets. The Seattle Review, Spring/Summer 1989.
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“From a Bestiary: Cobwebs, Broom,
Desk Blotter, Telephone, Thermostat, Flowers” Three drafts; three sheets.
Earlier title: “Six for a Bestiary” Portland Review, June 1994.
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“From Our Gift Catalog” Four
drafts; four sheets. Unpublished?
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“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.
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“The Fruit Cellar” Nine drafts;
nine sheets (one folded). Earlier title: “The Fruit Cellar: A Memoir” Three
Rivers Poetry Journal, 1991.
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“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.]
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“The Geek” Two drafts; two
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Geography” Twelve drafts;
seventeen sheets. Earlier titles: “Geography Lesson” “Lessons in Geography,”
“Geography Lessons.” Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“Getting and Spending” Eight
drafts; sixteen sheets. Earlier title: “Neighborhood Sales” The Laurel Review,
Spring 1996; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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“Getting Out of the Army” Six
drafts; nine sheets. How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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“Getting Ready for Spring:
Barnes” Eleven drafts; fourteen sheets. Unpublished?
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“Ghazal” Two drafts; three
sheets. Free Lunch, 2000.
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“Ghosts” Two drafts; two sheets.
Earlier title: “Mice” The Literary Review, Spring 1992.
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“Glory” Eight drafts; eight
sheets. The Seattle Review, Spring 1987.
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“Going to England” Two drafts;
three sheets. Stand, Spring 1984; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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“Going to Lydia’s” [prose] Three
drafts; thirty-three sheets (one torn off toward bottom, one taped and folded).
See “At Lydia’s.” Unpublished?
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“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).
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“Grandfather” Two drafts; two
sheets. The Sewanee Review, Summer 1998.
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“The Great Day” Three drafts;
three sheets. Unpublished?
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“The Great Night” Six drafts; six
sheets. Unpublished?
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“The Guest” One draft; one sheet.
The Reaper, Spring 1983; Backtracking (1985).
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“Guilty Secrets: Watching Game
Shows” Eleven drafts; twenty sheets. Unpublished?
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“Hands and Faces” [prose] Four
drafts; sixteen sheets. Earlier title: “The Photographer” Elkhorn Review,
Winter 1983-84.
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“Hannalore” [prose] Seven drafts;
twenty full sheets (one folded and taped) and two small sheets. The Prose Poem,
2000; A Handbook for Writers (2004).
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“Hard Cases” Six drafts; six
sheets. Earlier titles: “Hard Times” and “Hard Scrabble.” The New Yorker,
August 29, 1985; Ruined Cities (1987).
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“The Hard Market” Seven drafts;
nine sheets. The Kansas Quarterly, Summer 1990.
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“The Hard Night” Two drafts; two
sheets. Unpublished?
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“The Hard Rock” Seven drafts;
seven sheets. On verso a few lines of “Remembering a Return”
Unpublished?
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“The Hard Song” Three drafts; two
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Having Your Picture Taken” Two
drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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“The History of Apples” Two
drafts; four sheets. Tar River Poetry, Spring,1985 and Tar River Poetry, 2000.
[same poem??]
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“The History of Disappointment”
One draft; one sheet. College English, December 1986.
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“A History of Junk” Four drafts;
seven sheets. Unpublished?
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“Hit Songs” Four drafts; six
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Hollywood” One draft; two sheets
(pages eight and twelve). Unpublished?
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“Homage to William Carlos
Williams” Five drafts; five sheets. Unpublished?
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“Home Remedies” Four drafts; four
sheets. College English, December 1986; Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“Home Thoughts” Four drafts; five
sheets. Unpublished?
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“The House of Loneliness” One
draft; one sheet. Prairie Schooner, Fall 1997.
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“The House of Perfect Attendance”
[prose] Two drafts; six pages. Unpublished?
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“The House of Pleasure” One
draft; one sheet. A Handbook for Writers (2004).
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“The House of the Past” One
draft; one sheet. A Handbook for Writers (2004).
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“House Plants” Nine drafts;
thirteen sheets. Unpublished?
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“How Deadshot Reed Got His Name”
Twelve drafts; twenty-four sheets. Other title: “Deadshot Reed, His Story”
Unpublished?
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“How It Felt” Two drafts; two
sheets. published as “How it Feels”? in A Handbook for Writers
(2004).
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“How to Leave Town” Five drafts;
five sheets. Unpublished?
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“Hunting” Seven drafts; twelve
sheets. Unpublished?
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“The Icestorm and Other Matters”
Six drafts; six sheets. Earlier title: “Last Year” Unpublished?
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“Identities” Three drafts; seven
sheets. River City, Summer 2000.
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“The Impossible Light” One draft;
two sheets. Backtracking (1985).
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“In the Attic” Four drafts; seven
sheets. Unpublished?
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“In the Dark” Six sheets; six
drafts. Earlier title: “Figures in the Dark” Unpublished?
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“In the Midst of Life” [prose]
Four drafts; one hundred fourteen sheets. Also contains four pages of “blood.”
Unpublished?
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“In the Next Room” Five drafts;
five sheets. Mississippi Mud, 1990..
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“In Utah” One draft; one sheet.
Unpublished?
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“Industrial Relations” One draft;
one sheet. Rain City Review, Fall/Winter 1996; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
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“It” One photocopy.
Published.
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“It Happens” Three drafts; three
sheets. Unpublished?
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It Works This Way” Three drafts;
six sheets. Calapooya 19, 1998.
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“The Jerrybuilt Dream” One draft;
two sheets. Backtracking (1985)
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Series 1:
Box 3 K-O, 1970-2005
1/2 cubic foot
Poetry Drafts and Typescripts
Alphabetical by poem title.
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“K.C. Jones and Me” [prose] One
draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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“K*y*k Poem” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
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“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).
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“Kees” Three drafts; three
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Killing Flies in Georgia” Eleven
drafts; forty-eight sheets. Ploughshares, Spring 1989; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
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“Killing Time” Six drafts; six
sheets. The Review (Ohio State), Spring 1997; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
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“The King of Childhood” Five
drafts; five sheets. Earlier title: “Wally.” Unpublished?
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“The Knocking” Eight drafts;
eight sheets. Free Lunch, Summer 1990.
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“Largo” One draft; two sheets.
Unpublished?
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“Late Afternoon Class” One draft;
one sheet. Portland Review, June 1994.
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“Late Innings” Nine drafts;
eights sheets. Unpublished?
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“Layers” One draft; two sheets.
Crazyhorse, Winter 1996.
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“Learning” Three drafts; seven
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Learning Your Lesson” Eight
drafts; nine sheets. Poetry East, Fall 1991.
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“Leaving Town” Seven drafts;
seven sheets. Unpublished?
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“A Legend” Ten drafts; nineteen
sheets. Other title: “The Legend of the Rocks” Unpublished?
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“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).
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“Letitia Loves Spud” [prose] Four
drafts; thirty-eight sheets. Unpublished?
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“Letter from Cedars Road” Ten
drafts; seventeen sheets. Tampa Review, Fall/Winter 1996.
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“Listening to a Russian Choir”
Thirty-nine drafts; seventy-one sheets. Poetry, May 1994; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
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“A Little Night Music” One draft;
one sheet. Black Water Review, Winter 1981; Ruined Cities (1987).
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“The Little Old Man” Four drafts;
four sheets. Unpublished?
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“Lives Not Lived” Nineteen
drafts; eighteen sheets. Earlier title: “Walking After Midnight” Unpublished?
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“Living C.P. Snow” One draft; one
sheet. Portland Review, 1979.
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“Living Somewhere Else” Five
drafts; five sheets. Harvard Magazine, September/October 1987; How We Spent Our
Time (2006).
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“London Days” Seven drafts; seven
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Look, We Have Come Through” Four
drafts; four sheets. Unpublished?
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Looking For Work” Nine drafts;
six full sheets, three small sheets. Calapooya Collage 10, 1986; Greatest Hits
(2002); How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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“The Lost Barn” Twelve drafts;
twenty-one sheets. Stand, Winter 1988-89.
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“The Lost Reader” Five drafts;
five sheets. Unpublished?
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“Louver” Four drafts; four
sheets. Earlier title: “Sea.” The Chariton Review, Spring 1986.
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“Making a Living” Nine drafts;
nine sheets. Tar River Poetry, Spring 1985; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
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“Making Lists” Four drafts; seven
sheets. The American Poetry Review, September/October 1989; How We Spent Our
Time (2006).
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“Mavis” [prose] Three drafts;
twenty full sheets, two small sheets. Unpublished?
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“Menus From the Thirties”
Thirteen drafts; nineteen sheets. Earlier title: “The Black Skillet”
Unpublished?
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“Missing It” One draft; one
sheet. Crazyhorse, Winter 1991; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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“The Modern Eye” Five drafts;
eleven sheets. Unpublished?
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“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).
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“Moon Driving” Two drafts; two
sheets. Earlier title: “No Problem.” College English, March 1992; How We Spent
Our Time (2006).
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“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).
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“Morning Birds” Four drafts;
seven sheets. Earlier titles: “Morning Notes” and “Morning.” Unpublished?
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“The Muse in a Holding Pattern”
Eleven drafts; eleven sheets. Clackamas Literary Review, Spring
1998.
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“The Muse of Bedroom Monsters”
One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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“The Muse of Self-Pity” One
draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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“The Muse of the First of the
Month” nine drafts; ten sheets. Tampa Review Fall/Winter 1996.
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“The Muse of the South Lockers”
Two drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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“The Muses of Rooms” One draft;
two sheets. Poetry, Winter 1990.
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“My Buddies” One draft; two
sheets. The Reaper, Spring 1983; Backtracking (1985).
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“My Father’s Cousin” One draft;
two sheets. Unpublished?
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“My Sense of Your Life” Three
drafts; three sheets. Mr. Cogito, 1985.
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“A Mystery” One draft; two
sheets. Unpublished? [or is this “Our Mystery” Seattle Review, Summer
2000.
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“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).
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“Near Puget Sound” One draft;
three sheets. Unpublished?
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“Neighborhood Sales” Twelve
drafts; twenty-five sheets. Earlier title: “Garage Meditation.”
Unpublished?
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“The New Librarian” [prose] One
draft; eleven sheets. Unpublished?
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“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).
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“The New Tree” One draft; two
sheets. Unpublished?
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“The New World” Eight drafts;
thirteen sheets. Panoply, Summer/Fall 1987.
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“Nickel and Dimed” One draft; two
sheets. The Reaper, Spring 1983; Backtracking (1985).
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“No” Four drafts; four sheets.
“Unpublished”
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“Numbers Game” Two drafts; two
sheets. The Ohio Poetry Review, Spring/Summer 1994; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
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“Of Lost Things” Three drafts;
three sheets. Earlier title: “The Drawer of Lost Things”
Unpublished?
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“Office Hours Ancestors and
Drought” Seven drafts; fourteen sheets. Southern Poetry Review, Summer 1993;
Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“Old Flames” Five drafts; five
sheets. Unpublished?
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“The Old Place” One draft; one
sheet. Portlander, 1992; Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“Old Workers” Seven drafts; nine
sheets. Also a two-line draft of “Field Burning” Unpublished?
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“On Teaching Poetry Writing”
[prose] One draft; eighteen sheets. Oregon English, Fall 1989.
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“On This Corner of the Map” Six
drafts; twenty-two sheets. Alternative title: “This Corner” (see below).
Unpublished?
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“Once Again” Five drafts; five
sheets. The Poetry Review, April 1985.
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“One Life” Two drafts; four
sheets.
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“The Other Place” One draft; one
sheet. The American Scholar, Summer 1979; Ruined Cities (1987).
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“The Other Room” One draft; one
sheet. The Sewanee Review, Summer 1983; Ruined Cities (1987).
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“Our Story” One draft; one sheet.
Unpublished?
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“Our Wars: A Memoir” Nine drafts;
twenty sheets. Unpublished?
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“Owning Things” Seven drafts;
thirteen sheets. Indiana Review, Winter 1989; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
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Series 1:
Box 4 P-S, 1970-2005
1/2 cubic foot
Poetry Drafts and Typescripts
Alphabetical by poem title.
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“Pablo, I’m Tired Too” One draft;
one sheet. Unpublished?
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“Pastoral” Two drafts; four
sheets. Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“Pepper: 1940” Three drafts;
three sheets. Unpublished?
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“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?
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“Poetry and Vision: 1990” [prose]
Two drafts; four sheets. Mississippi Review vol iii, no. 3 (1990?).
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“The Poetry of W.S. Graham”
[prose] Two drafts; twenty-six sheets. Unpublished?
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“Politics” Four drafts; ten
sheets. The Seattle Review, Spring 1987; Little-known Sports (1994).
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“Poltergeist” [prose] Three
drafts; thirty-seven sheets. Unpublished?
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“Portland Hosts the Second
Coming” Four drafts; eight sheets. Agni, Fall 1990; Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“The Potato Cellar” One draft;
two sheets. Unpublished?
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“Progress” One draft; one sheet.
Unpublished?
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“Prospectus for Visitors” One
draft; one sheet. Poetry, December 1980; Ruined Cities (1987).
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“The Protocol of Shadows” Seven
drafts; seven sheets. Tar River Poetry, Fall 1996.
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“Pulling Up Stakes” Fifteen
drafts; sixteen sheets. Unpublished?
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“Quest” One draft; two sheets.
Oregon Rainbow, Fall 1976; The Journey Begins (1976).
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“Raisins” Four drafts; four
sheets. The Kenyon Review, Winter 1987; Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“Reading: A Memoir” Six drafts;
fourteen sheets. Poetry Northwest, Spring 1995.
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“Reading the Book of the Dead
Man” One draft; one small sheet. Unpublished?
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“Reading the Days” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
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“Reading the Sports Page” Three
drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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“Ready to Cook Still Life” Eleven
drafts; eight sheets. Earlier title: “We Shall Overcome Finnish Creole Shrimp”
Unpublished?
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“Real Things” One draft; one
sheet. Ohio Poetry Review, Spring/Summer 1984; Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“Recipe Protest Poem” Two drafts;
two sheets. The International Examiner, October 16, 1991.
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“Reclaiming the House” Three
drafts; three sheets. The Sewanee Review, Winter 1988; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
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“Recording” One draft; one sheet.
Rain City Review, Spring 1993.
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“The Rest of Your Life” Five
drafts; five sheets. Southwest Review, Winter 1989.
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“Reunion on the Weekend of the
Fourth” Ten drafts; thirty-one sheets. Southern Poetry Review, Fall 1993;
Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“Revenant” [prose] Two drafts;
twenty-five sheets. Unpublished?
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“Review of Sufficiency by Doug
Marx” [prose] Four drafts; seven full sheets, one small sheets.
Unpublished?
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“The Lost Reader” Five drafts;
five sheets. Unpublished?
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“Rogers’ Rangers, A Late Report”
One draft; one sheet. Ruined Cities (1987).
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“Romance” Four drafts; seven
sheets. The Sewanee Review [date?] Republished in: Greatest Hits (2002); The
Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“The Round Table” One draft; one
sheet. Backtracking (1985).
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“Run Sheep Run” Seven drafts;
seven sheets. Tar River Poetry, Fall 1996; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
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“Runes for a Totem” Two drafts;
two sheets. Unpublished?
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“Rutsala Weather” Sixteen drafts;
thirty sheets. Barnabe Mountain Review, Winter 1997.
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“Salvage” One draft; two sheets.
Unpublished?
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“Scene” One draft; one small
sheet. Unpublished?
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“Seasonal” Sixteen drafts;
twenty-five sheets. Earlier titles: “Shadows,” “Cold Trees,” “Winter.”
Unpublished?
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“Second Wives” Five drafts; seven
sheets. Earlier titles: “Party: Second Wives,” “Observations at a Party: Second
Wives.” Unpublished?
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“Shame” Three drafts; three
sheets. The American Scholar, Fall 1988; Greatest Hits (2002); Moment’s
Equation (2004).
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“Shelter” Nine drafts; seventeen
sheets. Poetry, November 1986.
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“Shopping Carts” Two drafts; four
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Signs Unseen: To My Brother” Six
drafts; ten sheets. Earlier title: “Sharing the Grief: To My Brother.”
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“The Situation Tonight” Seventeen
drafts; forty-four pages. Earlier title: “This Corner of the Map.” See “On This
Corner of the Map.” Unpublished?
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“Skaters” One draft; one sheet.
Poetry, December 1980; Ruined Cities (1987).
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“Sleep 101” [prose] One draft;
two sheets. Open Space, 1985.
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“Slinging Hash” Three drafts;
three sheets. Missouri Review, Fall 1985.
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“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).
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“Small Craft Advisories” Three
drafts; three sheets. Hubbub, 1983; The Mystery of the Lost Shoes
(1984).
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“Small World” Eight drafts; seven
sheets. Earlier title: “Street Scene.” Unpublished?
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“Some Houses” One draft; one
sheet. The Sewanee Review, Spring 1982; Ruined Cities (1987).
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“The Song” One draft; three
sheets. The Antioch Review, Spring 1996.
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“Sparrow” Two drafts; two sheets.
Unpublished?
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“Speaking Her Lonely Greek” One
draft; one sheet. Black Warrior Review, Winter 1981; Ruined Cities (1987);
Greatest Hits (2002).
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“Specter” One draft; three
sheets. The Georgia Review, Fall 1989; Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“Spending the Night” Ten drafts;
forty sheets. How We Spent Our Time (2006)
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“Spring in McCall, Idaho” Three
drafts; three sheets. Interim, Fall 1986.
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“Standing on the Corner” Eight
drafts; eight sheets. Unpublished?
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“Stories” [prose] One draft;
seventeen sheets. Unpublished?
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“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).
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“Strangers’ Beds” Nine drafts;
twelve sheets (one torn). Earlier title: “Ten Years Later.”
Unpublished?
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“Suitable Transportation” One
draft; two sheets. The Reaper, Spring 1983; Backtracking (1985).
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“Summer’s End” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
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“Sunday Drives” Ten drafts; ten
sheets. Earlier title: “My Contract.” Poetry East, Fall 1984.
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“Sunday Morning Walk: A Memoir”
Six drafts; twelve sheets. Nebraska Review, Spring/Summer 1987.
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“Sunset and Dawn: T’ao Ch’ien”
Seven drafts; seven sheets. Earlier title: “The Problem: T’ao Ch’ien” Calapooya
Collage 8, 1984.
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“The Super 99 Drive-In Cronicle”
Five drafts; five sheets. Colorado Review, Spring-Summer 1991; Moment’s
Equation (2004).
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“Surfaces” Nine drafts; seventeen
sheets. Earlier title: “Travellers.” Tar River Poetry, Fall 1988.
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“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.”
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Series 1:
Box 5 T-Z, 1970-2005
1/2 cubic foot
Poetry Drafts and Typescripts
Alphabetical by poem title.
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“Taking Down the Tree” Nine
drafts; nine sheets. Unpublished?
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“Taking Pictures” Three drafts;
three sheets. Wigwag, December 1989; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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“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).
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“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.”
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“Talking to Strangers” Eight
drafts; ten sheets. The Hudson Review, Spring 1987; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
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“Ten Years Later” Eleven drafts;
eleven sheets. See also “Stranger’s Beds” and “Walking By Our Old House.”
Unpublished?
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“Thanksgivings” One draft; two
sheets. Unpublished?
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“That Other House” Six drafts;
six sheets. Literature and Belief, Fall 1986.
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“Theory of Fiction” One draft;
one sheet. Unpublished?
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“They” Four drafts; twelve
sheets. Other title: “They Were Always Out There” Pebble 9 (1972?); Paragraphs
(1978).
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“Thieves” Twenty drafts; twenty
sheets. Clackamas Literary Review, Spring 1998.
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“This Corner” Fifteen drafts;
twenty-nine sheets. Earlier/alternative title: “This Corner of the Map.” See
also “On This Corner of the Map.” Unpublished?
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“This Otherness” Two drafts; two
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Throwing: A Memoir” Three
drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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“Time” One draft; one sheet.
Poetry, June 1989; Ruined Cities (1987).
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“To the Canadian Immigration
Officials at Blaine, WA” Three drafts; six sheets. The Wilmington Review, Fall
1987.
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“To Whom it May Concern” Three
drafts; four sheets. unpublished?
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“Tom Pete” Two drafts; two
sheets. Poetry NOW, no. 6 (1975??); Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“Toothbrushes” Two drafts; two
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Traffic Watch” Eight drafts;
eight sheets. The Atlantic, February 1987; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
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The Trailer” [prose] Three
drafts; seven full sheets, two half sheets, three note cards.
Unpublished?
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“Translations from Rilke” [“From
a Childhood”, “End of Autumn” and “The Neighbor.”] Three sheets.
Unpublished?
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“Travelling East” One draft; one
sheet. Unpublished?
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“Travelling One Way” Two drafts;
four sheets. Calapooya Collage 12, 1988; Greatest Hits (2002); How We Spent Our
Time (2006).
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“Trees and Wind” Six drafts; five
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Trust” Eight drafts; eleven
sheets. The Chariton Review, Fall 1988.
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“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.
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“Two Rooms” Five drafts; nine
sheets, one note card. Earlier title: “The Sadness of Two Rooms.”
Unpublished?
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“Two Weeks” [prose] One draft;
three sheets. Unpublished?
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“Uncle” Five drafts; six sheets.
Poetry, November 1983; Ruined Cities (1987).
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“Vanport” [prose] Three drafts;
eleven full sheets, seven small sheets, six note cards.
Unpublished?
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“Walking By Our Old House” Nine
drafts; nine sheets. Earlier title: “Ten Years Later” (see above). Unpublished?
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“Wallace Stevens and the Malady
of the Quotidian” [prose] Two drafts; twenty-six sheets.
Unpublished?
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“Watching Game Shows” Twenty
drafts; twenty-five sheets. Unpublished?
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“The Way We Live Now” Three
drafts; three sheets. The Chowder Review, 1985; Ruined Cities
(1987).
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“We Count on Brady” Twenty-one
drafts; fifty-eight sheets. Unpublished?
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“We Count on Brady” [prose poem]
One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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“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.
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“We Save What We Can: A Memoir”
Five drafts; six sheets. Calapooya Collage 16, 1992.
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“Wedding Gift” Five drafts; ten
sheets. Unpublished?
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“What Days Do” Five drafts; eight
sheets. Unpublished?
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“What Have You Done?” Two drafts;
two sheets. Unpublished?
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“What Needs to Be Said?” Eleven
drafts; twenty-one sheets. Unpublished?
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“What the World Does” Twenty
drafts; thirty-five sheets. Earlier title: “Aunt Jenny and the American Dream”
Agni, Spring 1997; Moment’s Equation (2004).
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“What They Did” One draft; one
sheet. The Massachusetts Review, Summer 1996.
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“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).
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“What We Owe” Sixteen drafts;
nineteen sheets. Winter Springs, Willow 1999.
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“What We Really Want” One draft;
one sheet. Advancing Poetry [Class Antholog-Advanced Poetry Writing 422], 1992;
The Mystery of the Lost Shoes (1984).
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“Whatever It Is” Eight drafts;
eight sheets. Earlier titles: “One Day” and “Routine.” Indiana Review, Winter
1989.
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“What’s Out There Now” Nineteen
drafts; twenty-one sheets. The Gettysburg Review, Summer 1997; Moment’s
Equation (2004).
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“Where the Path Disappears” One
draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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“Where We Live” Four drafts;
three sheets. Unpublished?
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“White Water” Five drafts; four
sheets, one note card. Poetry, November 1986.
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“Wilderness” One drafts; two
sheets (one torn). Brown Journal of the Arts, Spring 1984. Reprinted in
Pushcart Prize X; Ruined Cities (1987).
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“The Windowsill Over the Sink”
Three drafts; three sheets. The Atlantic, August 1984; Moment’s Equation
(2004).
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“Winter” Three drafts; two
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Without Words” Four drafts; four
sheets. Unpublished?
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“The Woman in the Pub” [prose]
One draft; nineteen sheets. The Massachusetts Review, Fall 1998.
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“Words” One draft; one sheet.
Washington Post Bookweek (reprinted)
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“Writing to the Past” One draft;
one sheet. College English, March 1992; How We Spent Our Time
(2006).
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“Yard Sales, Garage Sales…” Four
drafts; four sheets. Unpublished?
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“A Year Away” Seven drafts; seven
sheets. Unpublished?
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“Yet Another of the Lost” Three
drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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“You Said I Should Look” Four
drafts; four sheets. River Styx, 1993
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“You Should Pay Attention” Three
drafts; three sheets. Panoply, Summer/Fall 1987.
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