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Black Alice by Thomas M. Disch & John Sladek--- see under Thom Demijohn.

Black Alice by Thomas M. Disch & John T. Sladek (W.H. Allen, 1969, 0-491-00351-X, 25/-, 240pp, hc, n.)
Reprint (Doubleday 1968 as by Thom Demijohn) thriller.

Black Alice by Thomas M. Disch & John T. Sladek (Panther, 1970, 0-586-03373-4, 6/-, 206pp, pb, n.)
Reprint (Doubleday 1968 as by Thom Demijohn) thriller.

Black Alice by Thomas M. Disch & John Sladek (Carroll & Graf, August 1989, 0-88184-506-X, $3.95, 206pp, pb, n.)
Reprint (Doubleday 1968 as by Thom Demijohn) thriller about a kidnapped girl disguised by changing her skin color.

Burn This by Thomas M. Disch (Hutchinson, 1982, 0-09-146960-0, £7.50, 64pp, hc, co)

1 · Homages

2 · High Purpose in Poetry · Thomas M. Disch · pm Poetry May 1978

3 · For Marilyn Hacker · Thomas M. Disch · pm

4 · Really · Thomas M. Disch · pm

5 · Lives and Times · Thomas M. Disch · pm

6 · Six French Mattresses · Thomas M. Disch · pm

7 · Praise · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Little Magazine v10 #1/2, Spring/Summer 1976

8 · Poems (for Joyce Kilmer) · Thomas M. Disch · pm Poetry December 1978

9 · A Plea on Behalf of the White House Lawn Eleven · Thomas M. Disch · pm

10 · Song of Myself · Thomas M. Disch · pm New Worlds #216, September 1979

11 · Conclusive Evidence · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Paris Review #84, Summer 1982

12 · A Letter to Robert Bly · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Times Literary Supplement June 6 1980

13 · The Life of Poetry, and Lives of the Poets

14 · Ms. Found in a Bottle · Thomas M. Disch · pm Yorcon 2 Programme Book ed. Alan Dorey, Yorcon, 1981

15 · To Erato en deshabille · Thomas M. Disch · pm

16 · A Turkish Holiday · Thomas M. Disch · pm Poetry December 1970

17 · Metamorphosis · Thomas M. Disch · pm Norwescon 5 Program Book ed. Stephen Bard, Michael Brocha & Jeffrey Levin, Norwescon, 1982

18 · A Tale of Two Metres · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Times Literary Supplement January 4 1980

19 · A Concise History of Music · Thomas M. Disch · pm Partisan Review v46 #1, 1979

20 · Against Pornography · Thomas M. Disch · pm

21 · The Art of Dying · Thomas M. Disch · pm American Review #18, September 1973

22 · Can You Hear Me, Thinktank Two? · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Berkley Showcase Vol. 3 ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack, Berkley, 1981

23 · Sonnets

24 · On Reading Shelley · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Paris Review #59, Fall 1974

25 · The Movie: A Sonnet · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Times Literary Supplement January 11 1980

26 · A Bookmark · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Little Magazine Autumn 1977

27 · My Last Sonnet · Thomas M. Disch · pm

28 · A Sonnet from the Gym · Thomas M. Disch · pm

29 · Aubade · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Little Magazine v12 #3/4, Fall/Winter 1980

30 · Instructions

31 · Burn This · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Spirit That Moves Us May 1976

32 · Ars Poetica · Thomas M. Disch · pm

33 · Instructions for Rigging a Frigate · Thomas M. Disch · pm

34 · Use of the Hydraulic Lift in Works of Imagination · Thomas M. Disch · pm

35 · The Thirty-Nine Articles · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Little Magazine Autumn 1977

36 · To Stop Without a Reason · Thomas M. Disch · pm

37 · A Reflection · Thomas M. Disch · pm

38 · What Taste Forbids · Thomas M. Disch · pm

39 · Three Lyrics · Thomas M. Disch · pm

40 · Lyric · Thomas M. Disch · pm

41 · On the Extravagance of Princes: A Letter of Advice · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Times Literary Supplement May 30 1980

42 · Theories

43 · An Argument · Thomas M. Disch · pm Open Places #22, Fall/Winter 1976

44 · The Problem of Safety: A Manifesto · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Paris Review #73, Spring 1978

45 · The Prospect Behind Us · Thomas M. Disch · pm Chelsea #40, 1980

46 · Literature as a Career · Thomas M. Disch · pm

47 · The Fugitive · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Paris Review #78, Summer 1980

48 · On the Use of the Masculine-Preferred · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Times Literary Supplement January 23 1981

49 · On Science Fiction · Thomas M. Disch · pm TriQuarterly #49, Fall 1980

50 · Vespers · Thomas M. Disch · pm Open Places #27, Spring 1979

51 · The Long Poem · Thomas M. Disch · pm

The Castle of Indolence: Poetry and Its Pretenders by Thomas M. Disch (Picador USA, September 1995, 0-312-13448-7, $21.00, 229pp, hc, co, cover by Henry Sene Yee)
Non-fiction. Associational collection of essays on poetry, poets, and poetasters.

1 · I

3 · The Castle of Indolence · Thomas M. Disch · ar The Hudson Review Winter 1995

15 · II

17 · Sound of the Raine, Prophetic Word · Thomas M. Disch · br The Times Literary Supplement August 14 1981, as “Sound of the Sublime” [Ref. Kathleen Raine]; review of Collected Poems: 1935-1980.

25 · Delectable Always, and Fresh and True · Thomas M. Disch · br The New Criterion May 1985, as “Apologia Pro Arte Sua” [Ref. Kenneth Koch]; review of Selected Poems: 1950-1982.

33 · Death and the Poet · Thomas M. Disch · ar Boulevard, Fall 1995 [Ref. Peter Whigham]

42 · Fearing, and Falling Out of Love · Thomas M. Disch · ar The Washington Post Book World April 2 1995 [Ref. Kenneth Fearing]

50 · Music That Can Deepest Reach · Thomas M. Disch · rv The Nation October 3 1994

61 · III

63 · The Difference · Thomas M. Disch · ar Parnassus v20 #1/2, 1995

73 · Onegin’s Children: Poems in the Form of a Novel · Thomas M. Disch · rv Parnassus v17 #2/v18 #1, 1993

95 · The New World · Thomas M. Disch · br Foundation #36, Summer 1986 [Ref. Frederick Turner]

105 · Sunlight, Coffee, and the Papers: A Poem for Our Times · Thomas M. Disch · br The Washington Post Book World March 23 1986 [Ref. Vikram Seth]; review of The Golden Gate.

109 · History: The Home Movie · Thomas M. Disch · br The Washington Post Book World November 13 1994 [Ref. Craig Raine]

113 · Christopher Fry: An Appreciation · Thomas M. Disch · ar Poetry August 1995 [Ref. Christopher Fry]

123 · IV

125 · Snapped Prose in Slim Volumes: A Review of Recent Poetry · Thomas M. Disch · br The Washington Post Book World December 30 1984

131 · Poets as Friends and Neighbors · Thomas M. Disch · br The Washington Post Book World May 22 1988

139 · Poets of Exile · Thomas M. Disch · br The Washington Post Book World August 24 1980

145 · Out of the Murk Plectrum · Thomas M. Disch · br The Washington Post Book World July 14 1991 [Ref. John Ashbery]; review of Flow Chart.

149 · The Last Word on Death · Thomas M. Disch · br The Washington Post Book World July 8 1990 [Ref. Anthony Hecht]; review of The Transparent Man & Collected Earlier Poems.

152 · Barroom Buddy and Prom King · Thomas M. Disch · rv The Nation April 12 1986, as “Proles and Prom Kings” [Ref. Raymond Carver & Brad Leithauser]; review of Where Water Comes Together with Other Water by Carver & Cats of the Temple by Leithauser.

156 · Products of the Workshop · Thomas M. Disch · br The Nation November 27 1989

162 · Pompes Postmoderne · Thomas M. Disch · br Los Angeles Times May 27 1990, as “Caution: Deconstruction Ahead” [Ref. Marjorie Perloff]; review of Poetic License.

167 · The High Priest of High Times · Thomas M. Disch · br Los Angeles Times April 28 1991, as “Iambic Megalomania” [Ref. Tom Clark]; review of Charles Olson: The Allegory of a Poet’s Life.

171 · The Occasion of the Poem · Thomas M. Disch · rv Poetry May 1992

186 · A Nashional Institution · Thomas M. Disch · br The Times Literary Supplement February 3 1984, as “With the Best of Intentions” [Ref. Ogden Nash]; review of I Wouldn’t Have Missed It: Selected Poems Of Ogden Nash.

190 · Light Verse · Thomas M. Disch · rv The Washington Post Book World January 18 1987 [Ref. Russell Baker & Robert Wallace]; review of The Norton Book of Light Verse ed. Baker & Light Year ’87 ed. Wallace.

195 · Having an Oeuvre · Thomas M. Disch · rv Poetry February 1994

208 · Poetry Roundup · Thomas M. Disch · rc The Hudson Review Summer 1995, as “Poetry Chronicle”

222 · Reviewing Poetry: A Retrospect · Thomas M. Disch · ar

The Castle of Perseverance: Job Opportunities in Contemporary Poetry by Thomas M. Disch (University of Michigan Press, 2002, 0-472-09750-4, $16.95, 144pp, tp, co)
Associational collection of essays on writing, poetry, poets, etc. A companion to The Castle of Indolence: Poetry and Its Pretenders. A hardcover edition (-09750-4, $42.50) was announced but not seen.

1 · I

3 · The Future of the Book · Thomas M. Disch · ar The Hudson Review Winter 1998

12 · On the Walls of the Cave: Epics Old and New · Thomas M. Disch · br Parnassus v23 #1, 1998 [Ref. Robert Fagle & Michael Lind]; review of Robert Fagle’s The Odyssey and Michael Lind’s The Alamo.

31 · The Eisenhower Laureate: John Ciardi · Thomas M. Disch · rv Poetry April 1998 [Ref. John Ciardi]; review of The Collected Poems of John Ciardi and John Ciardi: A Bibliography by Edward Cifelli.

42 · Being One Being a Genius Sometimes: Gertrude Stein · Thomas M. Disch · rv The Hudson Review Autumn 1998 [Ref. Gertrude Stein]; review of Gertrude Stein: (I) Writings 1903-1932; (II) Writings 1932-1946 edited by Catherine R. Stimpson & Harriet Chessman.

53 · Inverse Genius: On the Greatness of William McGonagall · Thomas M. Disch · ar Parnassus v24 #1, 1999 [Ref. William McGonagall]

66 · On the Rondeau · Thomas M. Disch · ar An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art ed. Annie Finch & Kathrine Varnes, University of Michigan Press, 2002, as “Rondeaus and Roundels”

78 · Rondeau for Emporio Armani · Tom Disch · pm The Hudson Review Spring 1996

79 · II: Poems

81 · High Purpose in Poetry · Thomas M. Disch · pm Poetry May 1978

85 · Really · Thomas M. Disch · pm Burn This by Thomas M. Disch, Hutchinson, 1982

86 · A Letter to Robert Bly · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Times Literary Supplement June 6 1980

87 · Larkinesque · Thomas M. Disch · pm Burn This (var. 1) by Thomas M. Disch, Wiseacre Books, 1995

88 · Villanelle for Charles Olson · Thomas M. Disch · pm Poetry January 1992

89 · On the Use of the Masculine-Preferred · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Times Literary Supplement January 23 1981

91 · A Concise History of Music · Thomas M. Disch · pm Partisan Review v46 #1, 1979

92 · Three Lyrics · Thomas M. Disch · pm Burn This by Thomas M. Disch, Hutchinson, 1982

95 · III

97 · Kenneth Koch · Thomas M. Disch · br [Ref. Kenneth Koch]; review of Straits.

101 · North American Addresses · Thomas M. Disch · br The Hudson Review Summer 1996 [Ref. Robert McDowell & David Mason]; review of The Diviners by Robert McDowell & The Country I Remember by David Mason.

109 · Friends and Neighbors · Thomas M. Disch · rc The Hudson Review Summer 1995, as “Poetry Chronicle”

122 · Assorted Laurels · Thomas M. Disch · rc The Hudson Review Autumn 1997, as “Poetry Roundup”

133 · Job Opportunities in Contemporary Poetry · Thomas M. Disch · rv The Hudson Review Summer 1999

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