Paul Metcalf

Paul Metcalf (1917–1999) was an American writer. He wrote in verse and prose, but his work generally defies classification. Its small but devoted following includes Robert Creeley, William Gass, Wendell Berry, Guy Davenport, Howard Zinn, and Bruce Olds. His many books include Will West (1956), Genoa (1965), Patagoni (1971), Apalache (1976), The Middle Passage (1976), Zip Odes (1979), and U.S. Dept. of the Interior (1980).

He was the great-grandson of one of his major literary influences, Herman Melville.^[1]

Reference

1. ^ Quote by Poet Robert Creeley

External links

• Description of Metcalf's collection of essays, Where Do You Put the Horse?
• Transcript of an interview with Metcalf by John O'Brien of the Review of Contemporary Fiction
• Review of Metcalf's Collected Works (Coffee House Press)
• New York Times Obituary; Paul Metcalf, 81; Wrote Experimental Tales
• Coffee House Press Editors And Writers On Indie Literary Publishing; Huffington Post
• John O’Brien: The Man Who Would Ban Happy Endings; The New York Observer

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