Heather McHugh
Heather McHugh
Reading Date: Wednesday, February 25, 1987
- Introduction
- "Multidimensional"
- "Nurse Sickness, Patient Health"
- "In the Balance"
- "World is a Word"
- "Untitled"
- "I Knew I'd Sing"
- "Not a Sin"
- "(To a Woman)"
- "The Trouble with In"
- "Point of Origin"
- "20-200 on 747"
- "Spot in Space and Time"
- "Bar and Grill"
- "Take Care"
- "Big Ideas Among Earthlings"
- "What Hell Is"
- "By Faith, Not Sight"
- "Unspeakable"
- "Round Time"
- "The Typewriter"
- "Mox Nox"
- "The Typewriter's the Kind"
- "Hard"
- "Melted Money"
- "From 22,000 Feet"
Introduction-998
by Lois Shelton
"Multidimensional"-999
Dimitrova, Blaga. Because the Sea is Black. Trans. Heather McHugh. Middletown, CT: 1989.
"Nurse Sickness, Patient Health"-1000
Dimitrova, Blaga. Because the Sea is Black. Trans. Heather McHugh. Middletown, CT: 1989.
"In the Balance"-1001
Dimitrova, Blaga. Because the Sea is Black. Trans. Heather McHugh. Middletown, CT: 1989.
"World is a Word"-1002
in memoriam of Pablo Neruda
"Untitled"-1003
"I Knew I'd Sing"-1004
McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.
"Not a Sin"-1005
McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.
"(To a Woman)"-1006
originally by Rilke
Annotation:
McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.
"The Trouble with In"-1007
McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.
"Point of Origin"-1008
McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.
"20-200 on 747"-1009
referred to in reading as "Twenty-two hundred: That's My Visual Condition on 747"
Annotation:
McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.
"Spot in Space and Time"-1010
McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.
"Bar and Grill"-1011
McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.
"Take Care"-1012
McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.
"Big Ideas Among Earthlings"-1013
McHugh, Heather. To the Quick. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.
"What Hell Is"-1014
McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.
"By Faith, Not Sight"-1015
McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.
"Unspeakable"-1016
McHugh, Heather.Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.
"Round Time"-1017
McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.
"The Typewriter"-1018
McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.
"Mox Nox"-1019
McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.
"The Typewriter's the Kind"-1020
McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.
"Hard"-1021
McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.
"Melted Money"-1022
McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.
"From 22,000 Feet"-1023
McHugh, Heather. Shades. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988.
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Series: Spring Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
Heather McHugh reads poems appearing in To the Quick (1987) and Shades (1988). She also reads her translations of Blaga Dimitrova, which are collected in the book Because the Sea is Black (1989).

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