Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. TEMPORARY THESIS
1. The Static Pulse
2. Recounting Linda Gregg's Ghosts
3. Jorie Graham in Stitches
PART II. TEMPORARY TACTICS
4. Pictura Poesis: Galvin and Lowell
5. James Wright, Louis Gluck: The Colon
6. Water Everywhere: Merwin, Stafford, Dugan, Merrill
7. Forche, Fenton, and Fighting
PART III. TEMPORARY FIGURES
8. Taking or Leaving It: Amy Clampitt
9. Holes in the Web: Denis Johnson
10. The Long Line in Jorie Graham and Charles Wright
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index