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- Goodtime Jesus Jesus got up one day a little later than ...
- Happy As The Day Is Long I take the long walk up the ...
- It Happens Like This I was outside St. Cecelia's ...
- The Lost Pilot for my father, 1922-1944 Your face did not ...
- A Knock On The Door They ask me if I've ever thought about ...
- Never Again The Same Speaking of sunsets, last night's was ...
- The Wrong Way Home All night a door floated down the ...
James Tate is an American poet whose work has earned him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He is a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Early Life
James Vincent Tate was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He received his B.A. from Kansas State University in 1965 and then went on to earn his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa in their famed Writer's Workshop.
Career
Tate has taught creative writing at the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University. He currently teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he has worked since ... more »
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Goodtime Jesus
Jesus got up one day a little later than usual. He had been dream-
ing so deep there was nothing left in his head. What was it?
A nightmare, dead bodies walking all around him, eyes rolled
back, skin falling off. But he wasn't afraid of that. It was a beau-
tiful day. How 'bout some coffee? Don't mind if I do. Take a little
ride on my donkey, I love that donkey. Hell, I love everybody.
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