Research Catalog

Title

Blues for Bill : a tribute to William Matthews / edited by Kurt Brown, Meg Kearney, Donna Reis, & Estha Weiner ; foreword by Russell Banks.

Publication

Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron Press, 2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Banks, Russell, 1940-2023
• Brown, Kurt
• Kearney, Meg
• Reis, Donna
• Weiner, Estha

Description

xviii, 134 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"Blues for Bill celebrates the work of poet William Matthews through his own language, that of poetry. The poems included are written by people who knew Bill in a variety of ways, under myriad circumstances: as friend, both old and new; as mentor and teacher; as colleague; as father."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Akron series in poetry

Uniform Title

Akron series in poetry.

Alternative Title

Tribute to William Matthews

Subject

• Matthews, William, 1942-1997 > Poetry
• Matthews, William, 1942-1997
• 2000-2099
• American poetry > 21st century > Literary collections
• Poets > Poetry
• American poetry
• Poets

Genre/Form

• Literature.
• Literary collections.
• Poetry.

Note

• Chiefly poems.
• Includes index.

Contents

Foreword / Russell Banks -- William Matthews -- Things my father passed down to me and my brother / Sebastian Matthews -- Birthday poem / Cynthia Atkins -- Bill Matthews coming along / Coleman Barks -- Notes for the elegy / Judith Baumel -- After / Jeanne Marie Beaumont -- Bill Matthews / Marvin Bell -- Remembering Bill Matthews / Earl S. Braggs -- Blues, for Bill / Andrea Carter Brown -- Unfair / Harriet Brown -- No profit / Robert Burr -- Pissing off Robert Frost's porch / Mark Cox -- Before you / Stephen Cramer -- Matthews in smoke / Sascha Feinstein -- Inspiration / Allen C. Fischer -- Untitled : for Bill Matthews / Debra Fried -- The last time / Rachel Hadas -- The eternal light of talk / Daniel Halpern -- Sleek for the long flight / James Harms -- Magic lantern / Pamela Harrison -- The poet speaks of Italy / Walter R. Holland -- Bill at Bellagio : a Rockefeller grant / Ann Hurwitz -- Reincarnation of a lovebird / Richard Jackson -- Last class / Jacqueline Johnson -- The secret of William Matthews / Rodney Jones -- Nature poetry / Meg Kearney -- My blue heaven / David Keller -- Elegy for William Matthews / Gerry LaFemina -- Last call / Peter Makuck -- Writers' conference / Gary Margolis -- Over a long distance / Cleopatra Mathis -- Buying wine / Sebastian Matthews -- Request / Karen McCosker -- Bill / Christopher Merrill -- Some words for Bill Matthews / Judson Mitcham -- In memory of William Matthews / Robert Morgan -- Matthews ah um / Sharon Olds -- Fixity / Rick Pernod -- When he fell backwards into his coffin / Stanley Plumly -- Following William Matthews' recipe for scallion risotto / Donna Reis -- Matthews in Maine, 1980 / Kenneth Rosen -- We never shot baskets together / Vern Rutsala -- Open to everything / John Schenck -- Coming down in Ohio / Dave Smith -- For William Matthews / Henry Taylor -- Ode to Bill's vocabulary, 1997 / Melinda Thomsen -- Glimpse of a traveller / Richard Tillinghast -- Bill Matthews, 1983 / Sidney Wade -- Elegy for Matthews / Bruce Weigl -- On the Island of old women / Estha Weiner -- Scrabble with Matthews / David Wojahn -- In Cortona, thinking of Bill / Susan Wood -- Melancholy baby / Baron Wormser -- An interview with William Matthews / David Wojahn and James Harms.

Call Number

JFE 22-1624

ISBN

• 1931968233
• 9781931968232
• 1931968241
• 9781931968249

LCCN

2004026941

OCLC

57001683

Title

Blues for Bill : a tribute to William Matthews / edited by Kurt Brown, Meg Kearney, Donna Reis, & Estha Weiner ; foreword by Russell Banks.

Publisher

Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron Press, 2005.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Akron series in poetry

Akron series in poetry.

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Table of contents

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Banks, Russell, 1940-2023, writer of foreword.

Brown, Kurt, editor.

Kearney, Meg, editor.

Reis, Donna, former owner.

Weiner, Estha, former owner.

Other Form:

Online version: Blues for Bill. 1st ed. Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, 2005 (OCoLC)607595714

Research Call Number

JFE 22-1624