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Publications and Credits Elizabeth Alexander: “Tina Green,” “Ars Poetica #92: Marcus Garvey on Elocution,” “Connecticut,” and “The Amistad Trail” from Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990–2010. Copyright © 2011 by Elizabeth Alexander. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, Inc. on behalf of Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, www.graywolfpress.org. Dick Allen: “Foreword” used by permission of the author; “Another Knowledge,” “On The New Haven Line,” “To A Woman Half A World Away,” “A Last Memory of Korea,” and “The Persistence” copyright © 1997 by Dick Allen, from Ode to the Cold War: Poems New and Selected, published by Sarabande Books. Used by permission of the author. Doug Anderson: “First Blood” copyright © 1994 by Doug Anderson, from The Moon Reflected Fire, published by Alice James Books; “History Blues,” “The Oracle,” and “Crows” copyright 2000 by Doug Anderson, from Blues for Unemployed Secret Police, published by Curbstone Press. Used by permission of the author. Sophie Cabot Black: “Lost,” “The Harrowing,” “The Climb,” and “Threshold” from The Descent. Copyright © 2004 by Sophie Cabot Black. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, Inc. on behalf of Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, www .graywolfpress. org. George F. Butterick: “1970,” “The Walker,” “Gurleyville Road,” and “The Distances,” from The Collected Poems of George F. Butterick, published by The Poetry / Rare Books Collection, SUNY Buffalo in 1988. Reprinted with the permission of the Literary Estate of George F. Butterick. Gabrielle Calvocoressi: “The Death of Towns” and “Late Twentieth Century in the Form of Litany,” from The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart and Apocalyptic Swing: Poems copyright © 2005, 2009 by Gabrielle Calvocoressi. Reprinted by permission of Persea Books, Inc., New York. Hayden Carruth: “The Sound of Snow” and “Stepping Backward,” from Collected Shorter Poems 1946–1991. Copyright © 1959, 1974, 1992 by Hayden Carruth. “The Mythology of Dark and Light,” from Collected Longer Poems. Copyright © 1971, 1994 by Hayden Carruth. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, Inc. on behalf of Copper Canyon Press, www .coppercanyonpress.org. Richard Deming: “OH,” “Wintering the Turn,” “Annus Mirabilis,” and “Mise En Scene” copyright © 2007 by Richard Deming, from Let’s Not Call It Consequence, published by Shearsman Books. Used by permission of the author. Stacy Doris: selection from Knot copyright© 2006 by Stacy Doris, published by the University of Georgia Press; selection from Cheerleader’s Guide to the World: Council Book copyright © 2006 by Stacy Doris, published by Roof Books. Used by permission of the author. Russell Edson: “A Chair,” “A Stone Is Nobody’s,” “The Ancestral Mousetrap,” “The Ceremony,” and “The Matter” copyright© 1994 by Russell Edson, from The Tunnel: Selected Poems, published by Oberlin College Press. Used by permission of the author. Brendan Galvin: “The Potatoes Have a Word to Say,” “The Connecticut River in Flood,” 270 puBliCAtions AnD CreDits and excerpt from “Wampanoag Traveler” copyright © 2005 by Brendan Galvin, from Habitat: New and Selected Poems, 1965–2005, published by the Louisiana State University Press. Used by permission of the author. Margaret Gibson: “A Ripple of Deer, A Metamorphosis of Bear, A Metaphor of Mountains” copyright © 1989 by Margaret Gibson, from Out in the Open, published by the Louisiana State University Press; “Elegy for a Dancer” and “Icon” (pages 96–98) copyright © 2001 by Margaret Gibson, from Icon and Evidence, published by the Louisiana State University Press; “Newspaper Photograph” copyright © 2007 by Margaret Gibson, from One Body, published by the Louisiana State University Press. Used by permission of the author and the publisher. Donald Hall: “Christmas Eve in Whitneyville,” “White Apples,” “1943,” and “Kicking the Leaves” from White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Selected Poems, 1946–2006 by Donald Hall. Copyright © 2006 by Donald Hall. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Charles O. Hartman: “Petting Zoo,” “A Walk in Winter,” and “Tuxedo” copyright © 2008 by Charles O. Hartman, from New & Selected Poems, published by Ahsahta Press. Used by permission of the author. John Hollander: “An Old Song,” “Pageant of the Cold,” “That’s for Oblivion,” “Collected Novels,” and “Adam’s Task” copyright © 1993 by John Hollander, from Selected Poetry, published by Alfred A. Knopf. Used by permission of the author. Susan Howe: “Silence Wager Stories” copyright © 1993 by Susan Howe, from The Nonconformist’s Memorial, published by New Directions. Used by permission of the author. Gray Jacobik: “Skirts,” “The Wooden Egg,” and “The Banquet” copyright © 1998 by Gray Jacobik, from The Double Task, published by the University of Massachusetts Press; “Of Cos Cob in Snow” copyright © 2002 by Gray...

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