Blues for Bill

Acknowledgments

129 Acknowledgments Atkins, Cynthia: “Birthday Poem,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. Barks, Coleman: “Bill Matthews Coming Along,” copyright © 1999, was first published in Figdust 1 (1999) and later included in The Best American Poetry, 1999, edited by Robert Bly (Scribners, 1999) and is reprinted with the permission of the author. Baumel, Judith: “Notes for the Elegy,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. Beaumont, Jeanne Marie: “After,” copyright © 1999, first appeared in The Gettysburg Review 12, no. 3 (Autumn 1999) and later in her book Curious Conduct (Rochester, N. Y.: BOA, 2004) and is reprinted with the permission of BOA Editions. Bell, Marvin: “Bill Matthews,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. Braggs, Earl S.: “Remembering Bill Matthews,” copyright © 2003, appeared in Crossing Tecumseh Street (Tallahassee, Fla.: Anhinga Press, 2003) and is reprinted with the permission of Anhinga Press and the author. Brown, Andrea Carter: “Blues, for Bill,” copyright © 2002, was first published in Ploughshares, 87, no. 28/1 (Spring 2002) and is reprinted with the permission of the author. Brown, Harriet: “Unfair,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. Burr, Robert: “No Profit,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. Cox, Mark: “Pissing Off Robert Frost’s Porch” first appeared in Solo 5 (2002) and later in Natural Causes, copyright © 2004 (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004) and is reprinted with the permission of University of Pittsburgh Press and the author. Cramer, Stephen: “Before You,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. Feinstein, Sascha: “Matthews in Smoke,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. Fischer, Allen C.: “Inspiration,” copyright © 2004, first appeared in The Distillery (January 2004) and is reprinted with the permission of the author. Fried, Debra: “Untitled: For Bill Matthews,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. Hadas, Rachel: “The Last Time,” copyright © 2001, was first published in Indelible (Wesleyan University Press, 2001) and is reprinted with the permission of Wesleyan University Press and the author. Halpern, Daniel: “The Eternal Light of Talk,” copyright © 1999, appeared in Something Shining (New York: Knopf, 1999) and is reprinted with the permission of Alfred A. Knopf. Harms, James: “Sleek for the Long Flight,” copyright © 1999, first appeared in Poetry 173, no. 3 (January 1999), and was later included in Freeways & Aqueducts (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon, 2004), and is reprinted with the permission of Carnegie Mellon University Press and the author. Harrison, Pamela: “Magic Lantern,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. Holland, Walter R.: “The Poet Speaks of Italy,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. Hurwitz, Ann: “Bill at Bellagio: A Rockefeller Grant,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. Jackson, Richard: “Reincarnation of a Lovebird,” copyright © 2000, first appeared in Heartwall (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2000) and is reprinted with the permission of University of Massachusetts Press and the author. Johnson, Jacqueline: “Last Class,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. Jones, Rodney: “The Secret of William Matthews,” copyright © 1999, was first published in Poetry and later in Elegy for the Southern Drawl (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1999) and is reprinted with the permission of Houghton Mifflin Company and the author. Kearney, Meg: “Nature Poetry,” copyright © 2000, first appeared in Urban Nature: Poems about Wildlife in the City (Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2000) and is reprinted with the permission of the author. Keller, David: “My Blue Heaven,” copyright © 2001, was first published in Barrow Street 5 (Winter 2001) and is reprinted with the permission of the author. LaFemina, Gerry: “Elegy for William Matthews,” copyright © 2003, was first published in Graffiti Heart (DuBois, Pa.: Mammoth Books, 2003) and is reprinted with the permission of Mammoth Books and the author. Makuck, Peter: “Last Call,” copyright © 2003, fist appeared in Orion Magazine (November/December 2003) and is reprinted with the permission of the author. Margolis, Gary: “Writers’ Conference,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. 130 131 Mathis, Cleopatra: “Over a Long Distance,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. Matthews, Sebastian: “Buying Wine,” copyright © 2004, was first published in Virginia Quarterly Review 80, no. 1 (winter 2004) and is reprinted with the permission of the author. McCosker, Karen: “Request,” copyright © 2004, is published with the permission of the author. Merrill, Christopher: “Bill,” copyright © 2004...