First Course In Turbulence

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments Thanks to the editors of these magazines in which some of these poems were first published: Agni Review (“Colophon”); American Poetry Review (“Myth Mix”); Burning Car (“Unthreatening Gestures”); Colorado Review (“Three Weeks Late”); Crazyhorse (“God Son,” “The Unattainable”); Gettysburg Review (“Dog Toy,” “Easily Bruised,” “The Woman Who Parks in Front of My House”); Harvard Review (“Archeology” and “Chapped Lips”); Iowa Review (“Bird Sanctuary” and “If Thou Dislik’st What Thou First Light’st On”); New American Writing (“The Infirmament” and “Warbler”); Ohio Review (“Because Her Face” and “Tiger”); Sycamore Review (“Bay Arena” under the title “First Course in Turbulence”); Third Coast (“Mortal Poem” and “The Velvet Underground”); Three Penny Review (“Acceptance Speech,” “Lives of the Inventors,” “Lives of the Poets”); and TriQuarterly (“The Oversight Committee”). Thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts for a fellowship during the writing of this book. Thanks to these friends who helped: Roger Mitchell, David Rivard, David Wojahn, Keith Ratzlaff. Brenda Hillman and Robert Hass. Wendy Lesser. Joe DiPrisco. Bob King. Dobby Gibson, Karen Carcia, and James D’Agostino. And my brother Tony Hoagland. 93 ...