Blue-Tail Fly

Credits and Acknowledgments

77 Some of the poems that appear in Blue-Tail Fly have been published in the following journals: Black Renaissance Noir “The Binding Tie” and “Nigger Pine” Infrastructure “Interview, Survivor Fort Pillow,” “The Escarpment,” “1864, Fragments at a Camp near Yorktown,” and “1864, A Pocket Full of Rye” 2003 Grolier Poetry Prize Annual “Ample Cause of War” and “General Taylor Convinces Himself That He Is for War” Mark(s) “Walt Whitman Reads to the Limbless, Dying,” “The Finishing Thoughts of Festus Spenser as He Looks into the Camera,” “Br’er Rabbit in Chickamauga,” and “The White Immensities” 2004 Wayne Literary Review “A Singular Dispersion over Franklin, Tennessee”  Special thanks to the following persons who directly helped in the development of this book: My husband, poet Matthew S. Olzmann, ever my rock without whom I could not have started or finished the book; my wonderful mother, Elaine Francis, whose generosity is boundless; first reader, poet Robert Fanning, whose knowledge inspires all who work with him; poet Paula Roper for her advice and help; the Advanced Writing Class (Springfed Arts), especially my instructor Mary Jo Firth Gillet for her guidance; my incredible family of poets at Callaloo and Cave Canem; poets David Blair, Regie Gibson, Tyehimba Jess, and Ella Singer for their encouragement; poets Thomas Sayers Ellis, Melba Joyce Boyd, and Bill Harris for their support; Andrew Ward for kind use of his photograph; series editor M. L. Liebler, who believed in this book and saw it through to publication; and Deborah Brodie for never doubting. Credits and Acknowledgments ...