Rainstorm Over the Alphabet

Bill Tremblay grew up in the shadows of the mills of Southbridge, Massachusetts, and later worked in those same mills, a body of experience that informs all of his writing. The author of six full-length collections of poetry and one novel, The June Rise: The Apocryphal Letters of Antoine Janis, he teaches at Colorado State University.

• Part IStreetlampSomnambulist DawnLooking for InspirationSummer of LoveAuto-SurgeryThe Lost BoyThe Sagebrush HoursIron MountainChurch DreamOde for the SleeplessPart IINo Man's LandLike FatherWicked MessengerFirst CommandmentFamily ReunionMy Parents Before MarriageUncle PeteOn Blueberry HillMilkweed ArtPart IIILetter to Felipe GarrisonYucatan DreamImpressionism at the Bellas ArtesHuichole Jaguar's HeadTrotsky's Double @ the Moscow StationNight AuguryDream of an AfternoonHollywood Comes to San AngelLeon's Love Letter to FridaA Night on the TownFrida's CremationPart IVIncident on Cerillos RoadAn Inmate at Utah State Prison Looks at Mt. TippenogaNotes on GraceLearning to ListenSecond WindJoanneThe UndeadAuto-De-Fe DreamBuried TenorBlind SideRedbrick Factory BluesOld Girlfriend DreamTiny Tim as I Remember HimAmerican FableUses of the Slow FadeA JuniperWalking to Round ButteA Front Range SkySamba on Bass and AltoTrusting the MusicThe Music While the Music Lasts