NOTES & ACKNOWLEGMENTS

 

 

A grateful acknowledgement is made to the publications from which some of the poems in this volume were chosen.  Unless specifically noted otherwise, copyright to the poems is held by the individual poets. 

 

 

Kim Addonizio, "Fuck" appeared in Pearl No. 31, summer 2002.  Reprinted by permission of the poet.

 

A.R. Ammons, "Fucking Right" appeared in the Harvard Review, Spring 1998.  Reprinted by permission of Phyllis Ammons. 

 

Nin Andrews, "Where Memory Ends," "Mrs.Bluebeard" and "Advice About Pussy Poems" are used here for the first time by permission of the poet. 

 

Margaret Balistreri, "You Are" is used here for the first time by permission of the poet.

 

Stephanie Brown, "Invective" appeared in American Poetry Review, May/June 2001.  Reprinted by permission of the poet.

 

Catallus, "Improba Carmina", translated by Molly Arden.  Translation is used by permission of Molly Arden, 2002.

 

Jim Cummins, "Monopolies" appeared in Euphony, Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring, 2001.  Reprinted by permission of the poet.

 

Jim Cummins, "On Watching a PBS Special on Poetry" appeared in The Epigrammatist, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1990.  Reprinted by permission of the poet.

 

Tom Disch, "A Sestina for Susan Sontag" appeared in Poetry, March 1996.  Reprinted by permission of the poet. 

 

Tom Disch, "Some Poets Who Shall Be Nameless" is used here for the first time by permission of the poet. 

 

Denise Duhamel, "Mall Mama" is used here for the first time by permission of the poet. 

 

Thomas Sayers Ellis, "All Their Stanzas Look Alike" appeared in American Poetry Review, Vol. 31, No. 6, November/December 2002.  Reprinted here by permission of the poet.

 

Amy Gerstler, "Fuck You Poem #45" is used here for the first time by permission of the poet.

 

Stacey Harwood, "A Valedictory: Forbidding Mourning" is used here for the first time by permission of the poet. 

 

Robert Hershon, "Neighbors" appeared in The World, # 58 (2002).  Reprinted by permission of the poet.

 

David Lehman, "Same Difference" appeared in The Evening Sun by David Lehman, Scribner, 2002. Reprinted by permission of the poet. 

 

David Lehman, "Writing Them" is used here for the first time by permission of the poet.

 

Reb Livingston, "On the Way" is used here for the first time by permission of the poet.

 

Betsy Johnson-Miller, "The Bush Beast" is used here for the first time by permission of the poet.

 

Nikki Moustaki, "Extremely Lightweight Guns" is used here for the first time by permission of the poet. 

 

Maggie Nelson, "After a Fight" appeared in Shiner by Maggie Nelson, Hanging Loose Press, 2002.  Reprinted by permission of the poet.

 

PF Potvin, "An Unforgettable Nod" appeared in 5 AM, Issue 15.  Reprinted by permission of the poet.

 

Carly Sachs, "Exorcising Paul" is used here for the first time by permission of the poet.

 

Allyson Salazar, "JCrew Screw You" and "Our Father" are used here for the first time by permission of the poet.

 

Kelsea Habecker Smith, "Nothing Between the Lines" is used here for the first time by permission of the poet.

 

Paul Violi, "On an Acura Integra" appeared in Fracas by Paul Violi, Hanging Loose Press, 1999.  Reprinted by permission of the poet. 

 

Joe Wenderoth, "July 17, 1996" and "February 25, 1997" appeared in Letters to Wendy's by Joe Wenderoth, Verse Press, 2000.  Reprinted by permission of the poet.

 

Dara Wier, "25 Years of No Future" is used here for the first time by permission of the poet.