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Bat City Review

September 12, 2016, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts

“Behave Thyself”

Collage by James Tate.

This year’s issue of Austin’s own creative writing journal Bat City Review featured a showcase of the late poet James Tate’s work comprised of manuscripts and art from Tate’s collection housed at the Ransom Center.

September 12, 2016, Filed Under: Authors

Remembering James Tate

James Tate

I think I have been reading James Tate all my so-called adult life. At least an early defining moment occurred when a poet-friend observed one day, out of the blue,

September 12, 2016, Filed Under: Authors

“Possibility of Repair”

List from Tate's notebooks

This poem originally appeared in issue 12 of The Bat City Review as part of its James Tate Tribute.

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