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William Matthews

Born

in Cincinnati, Ohio, The United States

November 11, 1942

Died

November 12, 1997

Genre

Poetry

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William Procter Matthews III was an American poet and essayist.

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William Matthews’s books

Average rating: 4.15 · 953 ratings · 134 reviews · 267 distinct works • Similar authors

	Search Party: Collected Poems – The Definitive American Poetry of an Important Voice on Twentieth-Century Life 4.24 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1982 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time & Money 4.22 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After All 4.13 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1998 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems And Translations: 1969-1991 – Witty, Lucid American Poetry from a Versatile and Original Voice 3.98 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruining the New Road 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1970 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleek For the Long Flight 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1972 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poetry Blues: Essays and Interviews by William Matthews, Sebastian Matthews (Editor), Stanley Plumly (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foreseeable Futures 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blues If You Want 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Happy Childhood 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1984 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I was miserable, of course, for I was seventeen, and so I swung into action and wrote a poem, and it was miserable, for that's how I thought poetry worked: you digested experience and shat literature. [from "Mingus at the Showplace"]”
― William Matthews

tags: misery, poetry, teenagers

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“...Listen, / my wary one, it's far too late / to unlove each other.”
― William Matthews

tags: misgivings, poetry, the-best-american-poetry-1999

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