William Matthews - November 4, 1977

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Reading Series
William Matthews

William Matthews reads primarily from Rising and Falling (1979).

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Introduction
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by Lois Shelton

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Four one-line poems
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"Why I Didn't Notice It," "Many Deluxe Features," "'To Thine Own Self Be True,'" and "Premature Ejaculation"

Citation

Matthews, William. Oar in the Old Water. Ithaca, NY: Glad Day Press, 1973.

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"Living Among the Dead"
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Matthews, William. Rising and Falling. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.

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"Moving Again"
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Matthews, William. Rising and Falling. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.

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"A Walk"
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Matthews, William. Rising and Falling. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.

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"Bedtime"
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Matthews, William. Rising and Falling. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.

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"Taking the Train Home"
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Matthews, William. Rising and Falling. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.

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"Let the schoolboy pull a marble..." and "Women dishwashers would be babbling on..."
Description

Readings differ slightly from published versions; published versions carry the titles "Should the schoolboy pull a marble..." and "The women washing dishes... ."

Citation

Follain, Jean. A World Rich in Anniversaries. Trans. Mary Feeney and William Matthews. Iowa City, IA: Grilled Flower Press, 1979.

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"Jamaicans Posing to Be Photographed"
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From the sequence "Four Poems About Jamaica." Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Matthews, William. Rising and Falling. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.

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"A Hairpin Turn above Reading, Jamaica"
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From the sequence "Four Poems About Jamaica."

Citation

Matthews, William. Rising and Falling. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.

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"Sticks and Stones"
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Matthews, William. Sticks and Stones. Milwaukee, WI: Pentagram Press, 1975.

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"The Penalty for Bigamy is Two Wives"
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Matthews, William. Flood. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1982.

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"Bud Powell, Paris, 1959"
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Matthews, William. Rising and Falling. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.

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"Spring Snow"
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Matthews, William. Rising and Falling. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.

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"Waking at Dusk from a Nap"
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Matthews, William. Rising and Falling. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.

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"Long"
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Matthews, William. Rising and Falling. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.

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William Matthews
Photographer
Lois Shelton
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