A Face to Meet the Faces

Cover

Download PDF (13.4 MB)
 

Title Page, Copyright Page

Download PDF (141.8 KB)
 

Contents

Download PDF (182.2 KB)
 

Introduction

Download PDF (171.9 KB)
pp. 1-6

Like many things, it began with a need, an absence, a lack. A noticeable omission from the spines on our bookshelves. Somewhere between The New Anthology of This and The Modern Anthology of That, there should be an anthology of persona poetry. Not the definitive anything. Not a...

That Was Then

Download PDF (38.8 KB)
pp. 7-8

Aubuchon Creek

Download PDF (125.7 KB)
pp. 9-10

Calamity Jane Informs Wild Bill of His Faultswhile Visiting His Grave

Download PDF (102.5 KB)
pp. 11-12

Constantinople, Plague Summer

Download PDF (81.7 KB)
p. 13-13

Courting Mary Ann Cotton

Download PDF (155.2 KB)
p. 14-14

Dr. Balmis

Download PDF (176.8 KB)
pp. 15-16

Drifting towards the bottom,Jacques Piccard recalls the sky

Download PDF (177.2 KB)
pp. 17-18

Elvie Comes Home to Rosetta

Download PDF (81.6 KB)
p. 19-19

The Empress Dreams after a Poisoned Meal

Download PDF (80.9 KB)
p. 20-20

Extant Diary of Amanda Elizabeth McKenzy

Download PDF (129.7 KB)
pp. 21-24

Galileo to Maria Celeste

Download PDF (151.2 KB)
pp. 25-26

The Given Account

Download PDF (176.4 KB)
pp. 27-28

A Great Physicist Recalls the Manhattan Project

Download PDF (152.9 KB)
pp. 29-30

The Hangman Recalls a Dream to His Son, Abbot

Download PDF (156.9 KB)
p. 31-31

Here You Are

Download PDF (131.1 KB)
p. 32-32

History

Download PDF (127.3 KB)
pp. 33-34

I am the Real Jesse James

Download PDF (132.1 KB)
pp. 35-38

Ishi Speaks

Download PDF (125.7 KB)
pp. 39-40

from The Lost Letters of Frederick Douglass

Download PDF (148.0 KB)
pp. 41-43

Manatee

Download PDF (151.8 KB)
pp. 44-45

A Medium Rehearses the Square Order Shuffle

Download PDF (129.4 KB)
p. 46-46

Memory

Download PDF (131.0 KB)
p. 47-47

Nadya to Stalin, 1925

Download PDF (128.2 KB)
pp. 48-49

The Naming of Peru

Download PDF (80.9 KB)
p. 50-50

Notes from a Sodbuster’s Wife, Kansas, 1868

Download PDF (126.2 KB)
pp. 51-52

Oswald, to His Father

Download PDF (151.2 KB)
pp. 53-54

Rachel Carson

Download PDF (131.1 KB)
p. 55-55

Reputation

Download PDF (131.0 KB)
p. 56-56

The Resurrectionist’s Wife

Download PDF (105.4 KB)
p. 57-57

Robert Oppenheimer Near Los Alamos, October 1945

Download PDF (79.9 KB)
p. 58-58

Submariner

Download PDF (152.7 KB)
pp. 59-60

War Wives at Tea Talk

Download PDF (131.8 KB)
p. 61-61

Whaling Wives: Desire Hathaway (2)

Download PDF (151.7 KB)
pp. 62-63

The Woods Behind General Walker’s House

Download PDF (105.4 KB)
p. 64-64

Releasing the Kraken

Download PDF (38.9 KB)
pp. 65-66

. . . and her severed head said to Perseus,

Download PDF (153.9 KB)
pp. 67-69

Arachne

Download PDF (79.7 KB)
p. 70-70

Aunt Eloe Schools the Scarecrow

Download PDF (81.8 KB)
p. 71-71

The Calypso Diaries

Download PDF (154.4 KB)
pp. 72-75

The Carriers

Download PDF (151.6 KB)
pp. 76-77

The Chimera Faces Extinction, Displacement

Download PDF (80.2 KB)
p. 78-78

Coma Berenices

Download PDF (106.5 KB)
p. 79-79

Hecuba

Download PDF (129.5 KB)
p. 80-80

Icarus / Sinking

Download PDF (125.2 KB)
p. 81-81

I Live on Milk Street

Download PDF (151.6 KB)
pp. 82-83

Leda’s Flashback

Download PDF (152.9 KB)
pp. 84-85

Lotus-Eater’s Wife

Download PDF (103.9 KB)
p. 86-86

Medusa and Neptune

Download PDF (152.2 KB)
pp. 87-88

My Life as a Woman

Download PDF (150.9 KB)
pp. 89-90

Odysseus, on the Eve of Departure,Prepares His Wife

Download PDF (105.2 KB)
p. 91-91

Penelope Blows Smoke Rings

Download PDF (102.8 KB)
pp. 92-93

Psyche

Download PDF (103.6 KB)
p. 94-94

Still Bound

Download PDF (105.9 KB)
p. 95-95

“What she could do, Medea did . . .”

Download PDF (105.8 KB)
p. 96-96

The Wife of Sisyphus

Download PDF (82.5 KB)
pp. 97-98

Fifteen Easy Minutes

Download PDF (38.8 KB)
pp. 99-100

After Oz

Download PDF (131.0 KB)
p. 101-101

Anna’s Ghost: (Prologue)

Download PDF (103.8 KB)
p. 102-102

Beetle Bailey Goes Home

Download PDF (105.4 KB)
p. 103-103

Bill Monroe

Download PDF (105.3 KB)
p. 104-104

Cammi Granato, Age Five: “I Hate Dorothy Hamill”

Download PDF (107.0 KB)
p. 105-105

Crossing the Street, Valentine’s Day

Download PDF (151.0 KB)
pp. 106-107

Go Somewhere with Me

Download PDF (130.1 KB)
p. 108-108

How She Didn’t Say It

Download PDF (105.9 KB)
p. 109-109

Hulk Smash!

Download PDF (129.8 KB)
p. 110-110

I am the Immaculate Conception

Download PDF (152.1 KB)
pp. 111-112

In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing

Download PDF (176.8 KB)
pp. 113-114

Jack Benny Plays the Carousel Club

Download PDF (154.1 KB)
pp. 115-117

Katie Smith Says, “A Woman’s Body is a Battleground. I Should Know.”

Download PDF (152.0 KB)
pp. 118-119

Leaving Saturn

Download PDF (178.3 KB)
pp. 120-122

Like This

Download PDF (176.9 KB)
pp. 123-124

Man on Extremely Small Island

Download PDF (153.7 KB)
pp. 125-126

(Moan): Robert McFerrin, Sr.

Download PDF (152.2 KB)
pp. 127-128

The Monster’s Bride Questions the Motives of Her Creator

Download PDF (101.8 KB)
pp. 129-130

My Kitchen

Download PDF (151.4 KB)
pp. 131-132

My Life as Orson Welles

Download PDF (153.0 KB)
pp. 133-134

Notes in the Margins of King Kong (1933) III: We’ll be millionaires!

Download PDF (127.0 KB)
p. 135-135

Ornette Coleman’s Out-of-Office Reply

Download PDF (130.3 KB)
pp. 136-139

Sarah Bernhardt Plays Hamlet

Download PDF (126.2 KB)
pp. 140-141

Setsuko Hara

Download PDF (153.2 KB)
pp. 142-144

Today on Maury

Download PDF (109.6 KB)
pp. 145-146

Track 4: Reflections

Download PDF (130.8 KB)
p. 147-147

Violin (Larry Fine)

Download PDF (125.8 KB)
pp. 148-149

the vodka to Miss USA Tara Conner

Download PDF (102.3 KB)
pp. 150-152

It Kept on Burning

Download PDF (38.8 KB)
pp. 153-154

Ajal

Download PDF (151.9 KB)
p. 155-155

All the Trees of the Field Shall Clap Their Hands

Download PDF (129.2 KB)
p. 156-156

Ballad of Greg Withrow

Download PDF (155.8 KB)
pp. 157-160

Bring the Rain

Download PDF (176.8 KB)
pp. 161-162

Bronze Age

Download PDF (127.5 KB)
pp. 163-164

Chin’s Monologue in the Bucket

Download PDF (131.5 KB)
p. 165-165

Chorus of X, the Rescuers’ Mark

Download PDF (125.8 KB)
pp. 166-167

Dear Laramie, Dear Liar, Dear Once Upon a Time

Download PDF (103.7 KB)
p. 168-168

Elizabeth at Seabrook

Download PDF (176.7 KB)
pp. 169-170

Emmett Till’s Glass-Top Casket

Download PDF (105.4 KB)
p. 171-171

fodderhouse

Download PDF (129.2 KB)
p. 172-172

Forget

Download PDF (155.2 KB)
pp. 173-175

Forneus

Download PDF (152.0 KB)
pp. 176-177

George Wallace at the Crossroads

Download PDF (103.5 KB)
p. 178-178

Gila

Download PDF (125.5 KB)
pp. 179-180

Installation / Occupation

Download PDF (152.1 KB)
pp. 181-182

Listen

Download PDF (131.1 KB)
p. 183-183

Liu Minghe Speaks

Download PDF (151.3 KB)
pp. 184-185

Memory

Download PDF (129.0 KB)
p. 186-186

My Brother Jay, A Trilogy

Download PDF (157.4 KB)
pp. 187-190

A Note Found in the Tomb of Tutankhamen

Download PDF (151.9 KB)
pp. 191-192

Rosemary Talking Belfast, 1975

Download PDF (152.7 KB)
pp. 193-194

Skinhead

Download PDF (153.6 KB)
pp. 195-197

Spring Reply to Internment Camp, Location Unknown

Download PDF (177.3 KB)
pp. 198-199

The Venerable Fisherman Speaks Again of His Days

Download PDF (154.1 KB)
pp. 200-202

As It Was Written

Download PDF (38.9 KB)
pp. 203-204

The Apostle’s Wife

Download PDF (105.3 KB)
p. 205-205

Black Jesus Speaks to the Cosmetic Counter Salesgirl at the Mall of Asia

Download PDF (103.6 KB)
p. 206-206

Daniel Addresses the Soothsayer Society

Download PDF (151.4 KB)
pp. 207-208

From the Book of Ten Instructions

Download PDF (130.9 KB)
p. 209-209

His Cassandra

Download PDF (129.3 KB)
p. 210-210

It Didn’t Happen That Way

Download PDF (125.4 KB)
pp. 211-212

Jezebel Remembering

Download PDF (105.1 KB)
p. 213-213

Lord’s Own Anointed

Download PDF (126.0 KB)
pp. 214-215

Na’amah

Download PDF (103.3 KB)
p. 216-216

Punishment

Download PDF (151.5 KB)
pp. 217-218

Put Me Back, Jesus (from Lazarus)

Download PDF (105.2 KB)
p. 219-219

Rebecca to Isaac

Download PDF (151.4 KB)
pp. 220-221

Salome Gives Seven Explanations for a Kiss

Download PDF (152.2 KB)
pp. 222-223

Sarah’s Story

Download PDF (152.2 KB)
pp. 224-225

The Sin-Eater

Download PDF (105.9 KB)
p. 226-226

Sister Lost

Download PDF (128.0 KB)
pp. 227-230

After Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales, Creatures, and Other Imaginings

Download PDF (58.1 KB)
pp. 231-232

Dido to the Little Match Girl

Download PDF (149.7 KB)
p. 233-233

Gretel in the Tunnel

Download PDF (105.6 KB)
p. 234-234

Mermaid

Download PDF (155.0 KB)
pp. 235-237

Pinocchio’s Elegy for the Unreal

Download PDF (153.9 KB)
pp. 238-239

The Tale of the Dead Princess

Download PDF (154.9 KB)
pp. 240-241

Thaw

Download PDF (128.8 KB)
pp. 242-243

To the Stockyard Bulls

Download PDF (104.2 KB)
p. 244-244

The Watchtower

Download PDF (104.2 KB)
pp. 245-246

The Werewolf of Green Knolls

Download PDF (159.3 KB)
pp. 247-250

The Werewolves

Download PDF (123.7 KB)
p. 251-251

When Red Becomes the Wolf

Download PDF (80.1 KB)
p. 252-252

From the Page to the Pen: Authors, Their Characters, and Everything in Between

Download PDF (38.9 KB)
pp. 253-254

Case History: Frankenstein’s Lesions

Download PDF (156.3 KB)
pp. 255-258

Confessions of an Invisible Man

Download PDF (106.7 KB)
p. 259-259

Copyright

Download PDF (105.4 KB)
p. 260-260

Elizabeth Barrett Browning Speaks of Spirits

Download PDF (130.9 KB)
p. 261-261

A Foot, A Poem

Download PDF (129.6 KB)
p. 262-262

Hamlet Beside the Stream

Download PDF (105.3 KB)
p. 263-263

House of Galicia

Download PDF (157.1 KB)
pp. 264-268

If Robinson Came from the Heartland

Download PDF (150.7 KB)
pp. 269-270

In the fever-world, my dearest

Download PDF (105.3 KB)
p. 271-271

The Kama Sutra’s Banished Illustrator

Download PDF (100.3 KB)
p. 272-272

Letter from Zelda

Download PDF (105.4 KB)
p. 273-273

Li Po Of Course Drinking

Download PDF (103.5 KB)
p. 274-274

Love Letter to Hans Christian Andersen

Download PDF (131.1 KB)
p. 275-275

Love Song of Fergus

Download PDF (150.6 KB)
pp. 276-277

Marcel at the Station House

Download PDF (179.5 KB)
pp. 278-280

Maudie Defends Her Spinsterhood

Download PDF (81.6 KB)
p. 281-281

Excerpt from “Musica Humana”

Download PDF (153.8 KB)
pp. 282-284

Nabokov, Naming the Animals

Download PDF (101.7 KB)
pp. 285-286

Ophelia Drowning

Download PDF (81.8 KB)
p. 287-287

Paul D’s Haiku for Sethe

Download PDF (103.4 KB)
p. 288-288

Poisonous Persona

Download PDF (82.0 KB)
p. 289-289

Robert Frost, The Derry Farm, New Hampshire, 1906

Download PDF (152.6 KB)
pp. 290-291

Sebastian’s Arrows:Lorca’s Last Letter to Dalí, August 20, 1936

Download PDF (130.2 KB)
p. 292-292

Speaking as the Male Poet

Download PDF (105.8 KB)
p. 293-293

Walt Whitman Sings Happy Birthday to Himself

Download PDF (104.1 KB)
p. 294-294

The Wind Over Pasternak’s Square

Download PDF (106.1 KB)
pp. 295-296

The Muse Talks Back: Artists and Their Subjects

Download PDF (38.8 KB)
pp. 297-298

Agitation

Download PDF (125.8 KB)
p. 299-299

Baedeker for a Life Cut with Danger

Download PDF (176.6 KB)
pp. 300-301

Beethoven’s Maid Writes a Letter to Her Mother

Download PDF (129.7 KB)
p. 302-302

Coy Mistress

Download PDF (81.4 KB)
p. 303-303

Diego is Painted by D. H. Lawrence in the Desert

Download PDF (153.9 KB)
pp. 304-306

Fernande Olivier: Woman Sleeping, 1904

Download PDF (155.0 KB)
pp. 307-309

Frida Kahlo Speaks:

Download PDF (129.2 KB)
p. 310-310

Josie Bliss, October 1971

Download PDF (155.8 KB)
pp. 311-314

Marc Chagall: Blue Violinist, 1946

Download PDF (146.8 KB)
pp. 315-316

On Sketching Pippa Passingthe Loose Women (1855)

Download PDF (150.8 KB)
p. 317-317

Picasso’s Heart

Download PDF (129.4 KB)
pp. 318-321

Seven Studies for a Self-Portrait

Download PDF (180.3 KB)
pp. 322-325

Steady, My Gaze

Download PDF (128.9 KB)
p. 326-326

Not the Poet, Not Me: The Other Faces That You Meet

Download PDF (38.9 KB)
pp. 327-328

All My Wives

Download PDF (152.5 KB)
pp. 329-330

Anthropologist Dreams

Download PDF (125.3 KB)
pp. 331-332

Aunt Rose Baptizes the Greens

Download PDF (81.6 KB)
p. 333-333

Autumn Somewhere

Download PDF (126.9 KB)
pp. 334-335

billy they don’t like you to be so free

Download PDF (151.5 KB)
pp. 336-337

Clairvoyant

Download PDF (104.1 KB)
p. 338-338

—Clean—

Download PDF (105.6 KB)
p. 339-339

Corpus

Download PDF (129.2 KB)
p. 340-340

Doomsayer

Download PDF (81.5 KB)
p. 341-341

Dwarf with Bottle

Download PDF (79.9 KB)
p. 342-342

Etude

Download PDF (130.9 KB)
p. 343-343

The Facial Reconstructionist has Cocktails with the Girls

Download PDF (129.4 KB)
p. 344-344

The Gospel According to Lucas

Download PDF (105.4 KB)
p. 345-345

Graciela and the Song of One Hundred Names

Download PDF (152.2 KB)
pp. 346-347

Granola Jones Cooks for the Potluck

Download PDF (126.0 KB)
pp. 348-349

Her Head Bowed

Download PDF (79.9 KB)
p. 350-350

Holes

Download PDF (82.3 KB)
p. 351-351

Homewrecker

Download PDF (126.5 KB)
pp. 352-353

Ice Jesus

Download PDF (127.1 KB)
pp. 354-355

The Jerk

Download PDF (127.5 KB)
pp. 356-357

Letter after Dismemberment

Download PDF (126.1 KB)
pp. 358-359

Lexicons

Download PDF (129.3 KB)
p. 360-360

The Magician’s Assistant

Download PDF (151.1 KB)
pp. 361-362

Melvin’s Story

Download PDF (131.0 KB)
p. 363-363

My Name is Quinn Margaret

Download PDF (151.5 KB)
pp. 364-365

Necessary Knives

Download PDF (129.3 KB)
p. 366-366

Our Chef is Delicious

Download PDF (125.5 KB)
pp. 367-368

Parable: A Training Exercise

Download PDF (107.2 KB)
p. 369-369

Something Might Be Gaining on You

Download PDF (129.0 KB)
p. 370-370

The Tilted Knot

Download PDF (81.4 KB)
p. 371-371

Waiting

Download PDF (152.1 KB)
pp. 372-373

What Happened at Work

Download PDF (126.9 KB)
pp. 374-376

Contextual Notes

Download PDF (277.1 KB)
pp. 377-379

Contributors

Download PDF (308.2 KB)
pp. 400-421

Credits

Download PDF (233.9 KB)
pp. 422-430

Index

Download PDF (205.1 KB)
pp. 431-440