Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: “One Kind of Everything” 1
5. Reading Objects: Robert Lowell 24
6. Elizabeth Bishop on Autobiographical Grounds 45
7. Reading Frank Bidart Pragmatically 79
8. The Tenses of Frank O’Hara 109
9. Forms of Narrative in the Poetry of Louise Gl¨uck 136
10. Conclusion: Autobiography and the Language School 168
11. Works Cited 179
12. Index 183