My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer

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my vocabulary did this to me The Collected Poetry of JACK SPICER Edited by Peter Gizzi and Kevin Killian Wesleyan University Press Middletown, Connecticut Spicer: My Vocabulary Did This to Me page iii Published by Wesleyan University Press Middletown, CT 06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress© 2008 by the Estate of Jack Spicer Introduction © 2008 by Peter Gizzi and Kevin Killian Printed in the United States of America 5 4 3 2 1 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Members of educational institutions and organizations wishing to photocopy any of the work for classroom use, or authors and publishers who would like to obtain permission for any of the material in the work, should contact Permissions, University Press of New England, One Court Street, Lebanon, NH 03766. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data F : Jack Spicer at the 6 Gallery opening in San Francisco, 1954. Photo © Robert Berg. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts Wesleyan University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. Spicer, Jack. My vocabulary did this to me : the collected poetry of Jack Spicer / edited by Peter Gizzi and Kevin Killian. p. cm. — (Wesleyan poetry) Includes bibliographical references and index.  978– 0-8195– 6887–8 (cloth : alk. paper) I. Gizzi, Peter. II. Killian, Kevin. III. Title. 3569.479 2008 811'.54—dc22 2008024997 Spicer: My Vocabulary Did This to Me page iv ...