William Matthews (1942 - 1997)

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William Matthews, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 11, 1942, was educated at Yale University and the University of North Carolina. He was a professor of English and director of the writing program at the City University of New York. Bill Matthews published his first book of poetry in 1970, Ruining the New Road: Poems. Nine others followed during his lifetime, including A Happy Childhood (1984), Selected Poems and Translations, 1969–91 (1992), and Time & Money, New Poems, which received t.. Continue..

Some of William Matthews Poems

Job Interview

Homer's Seeing-Eye Dog

The Blues

Poem (The lump of coal my parents teased)

A Poetry Reading At West Point

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