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ABOUT THE AUTHOR James Tate grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He is the author of The Lost Pilot (1967), The Oblivion Ha-Ha (1970), Hints to Pilgrims (1971), Absences (1972), Viper Jazz (1976), Riven Doggeries (1979), Constant Defender (1983), Reckoner (1986), and Distance from Loved Ones (1990). He teaches at the University of Massachusetts and lives in Amherst. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tate, James. [Poems. Selections] Selected poems /James Tate. - 1st ed. p. cm. - (Wesleyan poetry) ISBN 0-8195-2190-6 (alk. paper). -ISBN 0-8195-1192-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) I. Title. II. Series. PS3570.A8A6 1991 811'ยท54-dc20 90 -50 918 CIP ...

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