Blues For Bill
Subtitle: A Tribute To William Matthews (Akron Series in Poetry)
Contributors: Russell Banks (Foreword); Kurt Brown (Editor); Meg Kearney (Editor); Donna Reis (Editor); Estha Weiner (Editor)
Publisher: University of Akron Press
Published: April 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781931968249
Subjects: Matthews, William,; American - General; Poets; Poetry; American poetry; 1942-; 21st century
First sentence: Lately, every morning I wake to a death, its length stretched taut across the hour.
Description: "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.