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William Walsh

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William Walsh is the author of The Poems and The Poets (both from Erratum Press), Forty-five American Boys (Outpost19), ON TV, Unknown Arts, Ampersand, Mass., Pathologies, Questionstruck, Stephen King Stephen King (all from Keyhole Press), and Without Wax: A Documentary Novel (Casperian Books).

His work has appeared in Annalemma, Artifice, Quick Fiction,, New York Tyrant, Caketrain, Juked, LIT, Rosebud, Quarterly West, Crescent Review, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, as well as anthologies like The &NOW Anthology: Best of Innovative Writing, Dzanc's Best of the Web, and New Micro: Norton Anthology of Exceptionally Short Fiction.




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The Poets is an April Book of the Month

Vol. 1 Brooklyn has included The Poets in its Books of the Month feature for April.

"...For as long as we can remember, William Walsh has been writing formally inventive literary work — and his latest book, The Poets, looks set to continue that streak..."

Honored to be on a list that includes Maggie Nelson, Justin Taylor, Ben Tanzer, and more...

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Pathologies

3.46 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Without Wax

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Re:Telling

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Questionstruck: A Collectio...

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Keyhole 6

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Forty-Five American Boys: S...

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Ampersand, Mass.

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The Poets: a novella

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Stephen King Stephen King

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“I can endure my own despair, but not another's hope”
William Walsh

“DISTRACTED with care
For Phillis the fair,
Since nothing could move her,
Poor Damon, her lover,
Resolves in despair
No longer to languish
Nor bear so much anguish;
But, mad with his love,
To a precipice goes,
Where a leap from above
Would soon finish his woes.

When in rage he came there,
Beholding how steep
The sides did appear,
And the bottom how deep;
His torments projecting,
And sadly reflecting
That a lover forsaken
A new love may get,
But a neck when once broken
can never be set:

And that he could die
Whenever he would,
But that he could live
But as long as he could:
How grievous soever
The torment might grow,
He scorned to endeavour
To finish it so;
And bold, unconcerned
At thoughts of the pain,
He calmly returned
To his cottage again.”
William Walsh

“Of all the plagues a lover bears,
Sure rivals are the worst
I can endure my own despair,
But not another’s hope.”
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'Lincolnesque' just means tall?”
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“Daddy, how come in Kansas City the bagels taste like just round bread?”
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“Do my ears deceive me, or can I actually hear the sounds of worms turning? You say a turning worm makes no sound? But how about a chorus of turning worms?”
Calvin Trillin, Too Soon To Tell

“Why in the world are you a Republican?”
Calvin Trillin, About Alice

“By the way, did you fellows know that a hummingbird weighs as much as a quarter? Do you think a hummingbird also weighs the same as two dimes and a nickel? But then she asked a question of her own: How do they weigh a hummingbird?”
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Shanereads Thanks for accepting my invite!


Bradley I hope you are having a good day! =)

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Jessica William:
your book looks very cool and I'm going to buy it!
cheers,
jessica


Claire hi William--thanks for the add--Jeff and I will come to the Keyhole reading--looking forward to meeting you! And I want to read Questionstruck.


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E.A. Without Wax sounds like an interesting book. Thanks for your friendship.


message 2: by Saleh

Saleh Hi.What We Talk About When We Talk About Love?PLZ Answer The Qustion In My Profile.


Colette Your book comes up on Amazon as a book that people who bought books like my book bought. Or something.


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