Poetry. William Corbett, from the book's Introduction: "For over thirty-five years I have written poems to celebrate birthdays and weddings, to read at funerals, to apologize for being a jerk, to say thank you and for less formal occasions. Usually I handed over the poem to the person or persons who had been its cause. The poem having done its duty, if I kept a copy it went into my archives. Then came the computer and 'Save As,' which have made this book possible." Other William Corbett titles available from SPD include OPENING DAY, TEN IN THE MORNING, REMEMBRANCES, and COLLECTED POEMS.

Author City: Boston, MA USA

William Corbett is a poet who lives in Boston's South End and is Director of Student Writing Activities in MIT's Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies. He writes frequently on art, directs the small press Pressed Wafer and is on the advisory board of Manhattan's CUE Art Foundation. Among his books are the memoirs Furthering My Education and Philip Guston's Late Work: A Memoir. He edited Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler and THE LETTERS OF JAMES SCHUYLER TO FRANK O'HARA. His newest book of poetry is THE WHALEN POEM (Hanging Loose Press, 2011).