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Born in August 3, 1937 / United States / English

Bibliography

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POETRY

  • Coins and Coffins (also see below), Hawk's Well Press (New York, NY), 1962.
  • (With Rochelle Owens, Barbara Moraff, and Carol Berge) Four Young Lady Poets, edited by LeRoi Jones, Totem-Corinth (New York, NY), 1962.
  • Dream Sheet, Software Press (New York, NY), 1965.
  • Discrepancies and Apparitions (also see below), Doubleday (New York, NY), 1966.
  • The George Washington Poems (also see below), Riverrun Press (New York, NY), 1967.
  • The Diamond Merchant, Sans Souci Press (Cambridge, MA), 1968.
  • Inside the Blood Factory, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1968.
  • (With Robert Kelly and Ron Loewinsohn) The Well Wherein a Deer's Head Bleeds: A Play for Winter Solstice, Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1968.
  • Greed, Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), Parts 1 and 2, 1968, Parts 3 and 4, 1969, Parts 5, 6, 7, 1971, Parts 8, 9, 11, 1973.
  • The Lament of the Lady Bank Dick, Sans Souci Press (Cambridge, MA), 1969.
  • The Moon Has a Complicated Geography, Odda Tala Press (Palo Alto, CA), 1969.
  • Poems, Key Printing Co., 1969.
  • Some Black Poems for the Buddha's Birthday, Pierripont Press, 1969.
  • Thanking My Mother for Piano Lessons, Perishable Press (Mount Horeb, WI), 1969.
  • Love, You Big Fat Snail, Tenth Muse (San Francisco, CA), 1970.
  • Black Dream Ditty for Billy "the Kid" M Seen in Dr. Generosity's Bar Recruiting for Hell's Angels and Black Mafia, Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1970.
  • The Wise Men Drawn to Kneel in Wonder at the Fact So of Itself, Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1970.
  • The Magellanic Clouds, Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1970.
  • On Barbara's Shore, Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1971.
  • (Contributor) The Nest, Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1971.
  • The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1971.
  • This Water Baby: For Tony, Unicorn Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1971.
  • Exorcism, My Dukes (Boston, MA), 1971.
  • The Purple Finch Song, Perishable Press (Mount Horeb, WI), 1972.
  • Sometimes a Poet Will Hijack the Moon, Burning Deck (Providence, RI), 1972.
  • Smudging, Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1972.
  • The Pumpkin Pie: or, Reassurances Are Always False, Tho We Love Them, Only Physics Counts, Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1972.
  • Winter Sequences, Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1973.
  • Dancing on the Grave of a Son of a Bitch, Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1973.
  • Stilllife: Michael, Silver Flute, and Violets, University of Connecticut Library (Storrs, CT), 1973.
  • The Owl and the Snake: A Fable, Perishable Press (Mount Horeb, WI), 1973.
  • (Contributor) Karl Malkoff, editor, Crowell's Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry, Crowell (New York, NY), 1973.
  • The Wandering Tatler, Perishable Press (Mount Horeb, WI), 1974.
  • Trilogy (includes Coins and Coffins, Discrepancies and Apparitions, and The George Washington Poems), Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1974.
  • Looking for the King of Spain (also see below), Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1974.
  • Abalone, Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1974.
  • Virtuoso Literature for Two and Four Hands, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1975.
  • The Fable of the Lion and the Scorpion, Pentagram Press (Milwaukee, WI), 1975.
  • The Laguna Contract of Diane Wakoski, Crepuscular Press (Madison, WI), 1976.
  • George Washington's Camp Cups, Red Ozier Press (Madison, WI), 1976.
  • Waiting for the King of Spain, Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1976.
  • The Last Poem, Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1976.
  • The Ring, Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1977.
  • Spending Christmas with the Man from Receiving at Sears, Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1977.
  • Overnight Projects with Wood, Red Ozier Press (Madison, WI), 1977.
  • Pachelbel's Canon (also see below), Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA) 1978.
  • The Man Who Shook Hands, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1978.
  • Trophies, Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1979.
  • Cap of Darkness (includes Looking for the King of Spain and Pachelbel's Canon), Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1980.
  • (With Ellen Lanyon) Making a Sacher Torte: Nine Poems, Twelve Illustrations, Perishable Press (Mount Horeb, WI), 1981.
  • Saturn's Rings, Targ Editions, (New York, NY), 1982.
  • Divers, Barbarian Press, 1982.
  • The Lady Who Drove Me to the Airport, Metacom Press (Worcester, MA), 1982.
  • The Magician's Feastletters, Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1982.
  • The Collected Greed, Parts 1-13, Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1984.
  • The Managed World, Red Ozier Press (New York, NY), 1985.
  • Why My Mother Likes Liberace: A Musical Selection, SUN/Gemini Press (Tucson, AZ), 1985.
  • Celebration of the Rose: For Norman on Christmas Day, Caliban Press (Montclair, NJ), 1987.
  • Roses, Caliban Press (Montclair, NJ), 1987.
  • Husks of Wheat, California State University, Northridge Library (Northridge, CA), 1987.
  • Emerald Ice: Selected Poems 1962-1987, Black Sparrow Press (Santa Rosa, CA), 1988.
  • Medea the Sorceress ( "Archaeology of Movies and Books" series), Black Sparrow Press (Santa Rosa, CA), 1991.
  • Jason the Sailor ( "Archaeology of Movies and Books" series), Black Sparrow Press (Santa Rosa, CA), 1993.
  • The Emerald City of Las Vegas ( "Archaeology of Movies and Books" series), Black Sparrow Press (Santa Rosa, CA), 1995.
  • Argonaut Rose ( "Archaeology of Movies and Books" series), Black Sparrow Press (Santa Rosa, CA), 1998.
  • The Butcher's Apron: New and Selected Poems, Including "Greed: Part 14," Black Sparrow Press (Santa Rosa, CA), 2000.

OTHER

  • Form Is an Extension of Content (essay), Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1972.
  • Creating a Personal Mythology (essays), Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1975.
  • Variations on a Theme (essay), Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1976.
  • (Author of introduction) Barbara Drake, Love at the Egyptian Theatre, Red Cedar Press (East Lansing, MI), 1978.
  • (Author of introduction) Lynne Savitt, Lust in Twenty-eight Flavors, Second Coming Press (San Francisco, CA), 1979.
  • Toward a New Poetry (essays), University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 1980.
  • Unveilings, photographs by Lynn Stern, Hudson Hill Press (New York, NY), 1989.

Contributor to "Burning Deck Post Cards: The Third Ten," Burning Deck Press, and to periodicals. American Poetry Review, columnist, 1972-74.