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Title	It's not you, it's me : the poetry of breakup / edited and with an introduction by Jerry Williams.
Imprint	New York : Overlook Press, 2010.
Edition	First edition.

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LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS	MESSAGE
MUSKINGUM STACKS	PS595.D58 I7 2010	MISSING

Subject	Divorce -- Poetry.
	Man-woman relationships -- Poetry.
	Marriage -- Poetry.
	Separation (Psychology) -- Poetry.
Alt Name	Williams, Jerry, 1964-

Table of Contents
	Introduction	9
I	One Foot Out the Door
	Privilege of Being / Robert Hass	21
	Sweet Ruin / Tony Hoagland	23
	Tell Me, Black Heart / Maxine Kumin	26
	I want to tell you why husbands stop loving wives / Robert Kelly	28
	Curse Four: Orders for the End of Time / Cynthia Huntington	31
	Divorce Dream / Mark Halliday	32
	Intimacy / Kim Addonizio	34
	Ex-Wife: Infatuation / Alan Shapiro	36
	Bournehurst-on-the-Canal / Gerald Costanzo	37
	When a Woman Loves a Man / David Lehman	39
	Intimations of Infidelity / Cynthia Huntington	42
	Cross-Country / Peter Covino	43
	Walking Home Across the Island / Jack Gilbert	44
	The Night Before Leaving / Linda Gregg	45
	Self-Improvement / Tony Hoagland	46
	Deep River Motor Inn / Cynthia Huntington	48
	After Summer Fell Apart / Yusef Komunyakaa	49
	Home Together / Ravi Shankar	51
	Ex-Wife: Homesickness / Alan Shapiro	52
	Reunions with a Ghost / Ai	54
	Coda / James Tate	56
	Terrible Love / Kevin Prufer	57
	Giving Myself Up / Mark Strand	59
II	In the Middle of the Storm
	Listener / Stephen Berg	63
	Slowly / Donna Masini	64
	Adam and Eve / Tony Hoagland	66
	Finished / Ai	69
	Minneapolis / Patricia Smith	72
	The Story / Gerald Costanzo	74
	The Pure Loneliness / Michael Ryan	77
	Song for an X / Beth Gylys	78
	Their Divorce / Stephen Dunn	79
	The Monarchs: 44 / Alison Hawthorne Deming	80
	The sporting life / Bob Hicok	81
	Dancer Holding Still / Linda Gregg	83
	Separated Father / Mark Halliday	84
	Fuck You Poem #45 / Amy Gerstler	85
	So Long Lonely Avenue / James Harms	87
	Through the Glass / Beth Gylys	89
	5:14 from Chicago / Bob Hicok	90
	Breakdown / Patricia Smith	92
	You / Denis Johnson	94
	The End of the Affair / Steve Orlen	95
	Penis Envy / Ai	96
	After Mayakovsky / Denis Johnson	99
	Post-thalamion / J. Allyn Rosser	100
	Ghost / Alan Shapiro	104
	Just That Empty / Patricia Smith	108
	Why I Will Not Get Out of Bed / James Tate	110
III	The Aftermath
	Ex-Boyfriends / Kim Addonizio	113
	Divorced Fathers and Pizza Crusts / Mark Halliday	115
	Lover Release Agreement / J. Allyn Rosser	117
	The Chair / Stephen Berg	118
	A Man Alone / Steve Orlen	120
	Dusk / Amy Gerstler	121
	One Melody / Tom Dvorske	122
	After / Martha Rhodes	123
	What to Wear for Divorce / Angela Ball	124
	Green Couch / Edward Hirsch	125
	Beginning with his Body and Ending in a Small Town / Kim Addonizio	127
	Talking Richard Wilson Blues, by Richard Clay Wilson / Denis Johnson	128
	Longing / Donna Masini	131
	Divorce / Kevin Prufer	132
	The Monarchs: 47 / Alison Hawthorne Deming	135
	Excavating the Ruins of Miami Beach / Gerald Costanzo	137
	Approach / Amy Gerstler	139
	Heavy Trash / Mark Halliday	140
	Equitable Distribution / J. Allyn Rosser	141
	A May-December Romance / Ravi Shankar	142
	Straight Boyfriend / Peter Covino	143
	Annulment / Angela Ball	144
	The Gift / David Lehman	145
	All the Way from There to Here / Jack Gilbert	146
	Lessening / Linda Gregg	148
	Spider Plant / Michael Ryan	149
	The Monarchs: 43 / Alison Hawthorne Deming	150
	Half-life / Bob Hicok	152
	Charades / Edward Hirsch	154
	More or Less a Sorrow / Jane Miller	155
	Sway / Denis Johnson	157
	The Monarchs: 20 / Alison Hawthorne Deming	158
	Looking Down the Barrel / Tom Dvorske	159
	Goodbye / Patricia Smith	161
	Blue Vase / Alan Shapiro	163
	Part of Me Wanting Everything to Live / Linda Gregg	165
	At the End of the Affair / Maxine Kumin	166
	Landscape with a Woman / Richard Shelton	167
	Permissions	168
	Acknowledgments	171
	About the Contributors	172

Internet Resource
Publisher description
Contributor biographical information

LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS	MESSAGE
MUSKINGUM STACKS	PS595.D58 I7 2010	MISSING

Subject	Divorce -- Poetry.
	Man-woman relationships -- Poetry.
	Marriage -- Poetry.
	Separation (Psychology) -- Poetry.
Alt Name	Williams, Jerry, 1964-
Description	176 pages ; 20 cm
Edition	First edition.
Bibliography Note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-170)
ISBN	9781590202821
	1590202821
OCLC #	426803849

Table of Contents
	Introduction	9
I	One Foot Out the Door
	Privilege of Being / Robert Hass	21
	Sweet Ruin / Tony Hoagland	23
	Tell Me, Black Heart / Maxine Kumin	26
	I want to tell you why husbands stop loving wives / Robert Kelly	28
	Curse Four: Orders for the End of Time / Cynthia Huntington	31
	Divorce Dream / Mark Halliday	32
	Intimacy / Kim Addonizio	34
	Ex-Wife: Infatuation / Alan Shapiro	36
	Bournehurst-on-the-Canal / Gerald Costanzo	37
	When a Woman Loves a Man / David Lehman	39
	Intimations of Infidelity / Cynthia Huntington	42
	Cross-Country / Peter Covino	43
	Walking Home Across the Island / Jack Gilbert	44
	The Night Before Leaving / Linda Gregg	45
	Self-Improvement / Tony Hoagland	46
	Deep River Motor Inn / Cynthia Huntington	48
	After Summer Fell Apart / Yusef Komunyakaa	49
	Home Together / Ravi Shankar	51
	Ex-Wife: Homesickness / Alan Shapiro	52
	Reunions with a Ghost / Ai	54
	Coda / James Tate	56
	Terrible Love / Kevin Prufer	57
	Giving Myself Up / Mark Strand	59
II	In the Middle of the Storm
	Listener / Stephen Berg	63
	Slowly / Donna Masini	64
	Adam and Eve / Tony Hoagland	66
	Finished / Ai	69
	Minneapolis / Patricia Smith	72
	The Story / Gerald Costanzo	74
	The Pure Loneliness / Michael Ryan	77
	Song for an X / Beth Gylys	78
	Their Divorce / Stephen Dunn	79
	The Monarchs: 44 / Alison Hawthorne Deming	80
	The sporting life / Bob Hicok	81
	Dancer Holding Still / Linda Gregg	83
	Separated Father / Mark Halliday	84
	Fuck You Poem #45 / Amy Gerstler	85
	So Long Lonely Avenue / James Harms	87
	Through the Glass / Beth Gylys	89
	5:14 from Chicago / Bob Hicok	90
	Breakdown / Patricia Smith	92
	You / Denis Johnson	94
	The End of the Affair / Steve Orlen	95
	Penis Envy / Ai	96
	After Mayakovsky / Denis Johnson	99
	Post-thalamion / J. Allyn Rosser	100
	Ghost / Alan Shapiro	104
	Just That Empty / Patricia Smith	108
	Why I Will Not Get Out of Bed / James Tate	110
III	The Aftermath
	Ex-Boyfriends / Kim Addonizio	113
	Divorced Fathers and Pizza Crusts / Mark Halliday	115
	Lover Release Agreement / J. Allyn Rosser	117
	The Chair / Stephen Berg	118
	A Man Alone / Steve Orlen	120
	Dusk / Amy Gerstler	121
	One Melody / Tom Dvorske	122
	After / Martha Rhodes	123
	What to Wear for Divorce / Angela Ball	124
	Green Couch / Edward Hirsch	125
	Beginning with his Body and Ending in a Small Town / Kim Addonizio	127
	Talking Richard Wilson Blues, by Richard Clay Wilson / Denis Johnson	128
	Longing / Donna Masini	131
	Divorce / Kevin Prufer	132
	The Monarchs: 47 / Alison Hawthorne Deming	135
	Excavating the Ruins of Miami Beach / Gerald Costanzo	137
	Approach / Amy Gerstler	139
	Heavy Trash / Mark Halliday	140
	Equitable Distribution / J. Allyn Rosser	141
	A May-December Romance / Ravi Shankar	142
	Straight Boyfriend / Peter Covino	143
	Annulment / Angela Ball	144
	The Gift / David Lehman	145
	All the Way from There to Here / Jack Gilbert	146
	Lessening / Linda Gregg	148
	Spider Plant / Michael Ryan	149
	The Monarchs: 43 / Alison Hawthorne Deming	150
	Half-life / Bob Hicok	152
	Charades / Edward Hirsch	154
	More or Less a Sorrow / Jane Miller	155
	Sway / Denis Johnson	157
	The Monarchs: 20 / Alison Hawthorne Deming	158
	Looking Down the Barrel / Tom Dvorske	159
	Goodbye / Patricia Smith	161
	Blue Vase / Alan Shapiro	163
	Part of Me Wanting Everything to Live / Linda Gregg	165
	At the End of the Affair / Maxine Kumin	166
	Landscape with a Woman / Richard Shelton	167
	Permissions	168
	Acknowledgments	171
	About the Contributors	172

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