Bibliography of Poetry by Dorothea Tanning


1951

“On the Paintings of Bill Copley.” CPLY: Paintings by William Copley. Exhibition brochure. Royers Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1951.

1953

“Interiors with…” Invitation to "Dorothea Tanning," Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, January 14-31, 1953.

1963

“Das Weisenhaus (Orphanotropium).”  Dorothea Tanning: Bilder, Gouaches, Zeichnungen, 1957-1963.  Exhibition catalogue.  Cologne: Galerie der Spiegel, 1963.

1964

Demain (Tomorrow).  Artist’s Book with six color etchings and a poem by Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Editions Georges Visat et Cie, 1964.

1967

"Untitled."  Invitation to "Dorothea Tanning," Galerie Alphonse Chave, Vence, September 26 - October 31, 1967.

1973

En chair et en or.  Artist’s Book with ten color etchings and ten poems by Dorothea Tanning. Paris: Editions Georges Visat, 1973.

1995

"Stain."   Unpublished poem first quoted by Michael Kimmelman in “Interwoven Destinies As Artist and Wife,”  The New York Times, August 24, 1995, C11.

1999

“Insomnia, my cousin."  The Paris Review, No. 151 (Summer 1999), pp. 252-253.

“No Palms.”  The Yale Review, Vol. 87, no. 3 (July 1999), p. 21.

“Report from the Field.”  The Paris Review, No. 151 (Summer 1999), pp. 252.

2000

“Are You?”  LIT 3, Vol. 2, no. 1 (Fall 2000), pp. 38-39.

“Aspects of Ice, Detail.”  The Gettysburg Review, Vol. 13, no. 2 (Summer 2000), pp. 290-291.

“Collage.”  Literary Imagination: The Review of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics, Vol. 2, no. 1 (Winter 2000), p. 101.

“Il a Trouvé la Mort.”  The Gettysburg Review, Vol. 13, no. 2 (Summer 2000), pp. 292-293.

“Landscape with Postmark.”  The Gettysburg Review, Vol. 13, no. 2 (Summer 2000), pp. 288-289.

“No Palms.”  The Best American Poetry 2000. Rita Dove and David Lehman, eds. New York: Scribner, 2000, p. 179.

“Pursued, I Ran into the Barn.”  LIT 3, Vol. 2, no. 1 (Fall 2000), p. 40.

“Reckless Words.”  Southwest Review, Vol. 85, no. 2 (2000), p. 270.

2001

“Fortune Cookies,” Boston Review, Vol. 26, no. 6 (December 2001/January 2002), p. 13.

“Orphanotrophium.”  The New Republic, November 5, 2001, p. 38.

“Waverly and a Place.”  Parnassus: Poetry in Review, Vol. 25, nos. 1 & 2 (2001), pp. 350-1.

2002

“9 Table Settings,” Boston Review, Vol. 27, No. 6 (December 2002/January 2003), p. 35.

“A Life of Crime: St. Julien l’Hospitalier" ["Life of Crime: St. Julien le Pauvre"].  Partisan Review, Vol. 69, no. 2 (Spring 2002), pp. 235-236.

“Destinations.”  The New Yorker, May 27, 2002, p. 66.

“Flea Market (Rainy Day),” Boston Review, Vol. 27, No. 6 (December 2002/January 2003), p. 35.

“For Instance.”  Ploughshares, Vol. 28, no. 4 (Winter 2002-03), pp. 182-183.

“Heaven and Earth.”  The Gettysburg Review, Vol. 15, no. 3 (Autumn 2002), pp. 416-417.

“Hybrid.”  Solo: A Journal of Poetry, no. 5 (2002), p. 159.

“Of Flesh and Gold.”  Solo: A Journal of Poetry, no. 5 (2002), p. 160.

“Rain of Blood, Aix-en-Provence.”  The Gettysburg Review, Vol. 15, no. 3 (Autumn 2002), pp. 418-419.

“Rue Monge Narrated.”  Ploughshares, Vol. 28, no. 4 (Winter 2002-03), pp. 184-185.

“Secret.”  The New Yorker, September 2, 2002, p. 116.

“Sequestrienne.”  Poetry, Vol. 180, no. 1 (April 2002), p. 18.

“Strawberries.”  Southwest Review, Vol. 87, nos. 2 & 3 (2002), p. 283.

“To Zeno.”  Ploughshares, Vol. 28, no. 4 (Winter 2002-03), p. 181.

2003

“9 Table Settings.”  American Poet: The Journal of the Academy of American Poets, Spring 2003, p. 23.

“Awake at Fifteen.”  Western Humanities Review, Vol. 57, no. 1 (Spring 2003), p. 8.

“Figure Approaching, Opposite.”  The New Yorker, January 6, 2003, p. 64.

“Flea Market (Rainy Day).”  American Poet: The Journal of the Academy of American Poets, Spring 2003, p. 21.

“Landscape with Postmark.”  American Poet: The Journal of the Academy of American Poets, Spring 2003, p. 23.

“Report from the Field.”  American Poet: The Journal of the Academy of American Poets, Spring 2003, p. 21.

“Rue Monge Narrated.”  American Poet: The Journal of the Academy of American Poets, Spring 2003, p. 23.

“Sybaris 1972.”  Western Humanities Review, Vol. 57, no. 1 (Spring 2003), p. 10.

“Two City Mice.”  Western Humanities Review, Vol. 57, no. 1 (Spring 2003), p. 9.

“Unfounded Certitudes.”  The Yale Review, Vol. 91, no. 4 (October 2003), p. 84.

2004

A Table of Content: Poems. Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 2004.

“All Hallows’ Eve.”  The New Yorker, November 1, 2004, p. 102.

“Bridge, Moon, Professor, Shoes,” in "Poet’s Choice by Edward Hirsch (review of A Table of Content: Poems).” Washington Post, July 4, 2004, p. BW12.

“End of the Day on Second.”  The Antioch Review, Vol. 62, no. 1 (Winter 2004), p. 100.

“Evening [Graduation].”  The Antioch Review, Vol. 62, no. 1 (Winter 2004), p. 102.

“Time Flew.”  The Antioch Review, Vol. 62, no. 1 (Winter 2004), p. 101.

2005

“Coming to That.”  The New Yorker, May 23, 2005, p. 85.

“End of the Day on Second.”  The Best American Poetry 2005. Paul Muldoon and David Lehman, eds. New York: Scribner, 2005, p. 179.

“Peruvian.”  Salmagundi, Nos. 148-149 (Fall 2005-Winter 2006), p. 151.

“Picture Perfect [Trapeze].”  LIT 3, Vol. 5, no. 2 (Spring 2005), p. 227.

“The Only Thing.”  Salmagundi, Nos. 148-149 (Fall 2005-Winter 2006), 152.

2006

Excerpt from “Bridge, Moon, Professor, Shoes.”  Poet’s Choice.  Edward Hirsch, ed. New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2006, p. 301.

“A Note from the Rock.”  The Yale Review, Vol. 94, no. 1 (January 2006), p. 121.

“Report from the Field.”  Poet’s Choice.  Edward Hirsch, ed. New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2006, pp. 302-303.

“Trapeze.”  Southwest Review, Vol. 91, no. 3 (2006), p. 342.

“Wisdom Tinged with Joy.”  The New Yorker, February 6, 2006, p. 77.

2007

“To the Rescue.”  Ploughshares, Vol. 33, no. 4 (Winter 2007-08), p. 177.

2008

“Never Mind.”  The New Yorker, July 28, 2008, p. 56.

“Report from the Field.”  The Making of a Sonnet: A Norton Anthology. Edward Hirsch and Eavan Boland, eds. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008, p. 220.

2009

"My Friend." Salmagundi, Nos. 162-163 (Spring-Summer 2009), p. 94.

“Artist, Once.”  Salmagundi, Nos. 162-163 (Spring-Summer 2009), p. 95.

“Artspeak.”  Southwest Review, Vol. 94, no. 2 (2009), p. 186.

“At the Seaside.”  The Antioch Review, Vol. 67, No. 3 (Summer 2009), pp. 520-521.

“Cedar Fork.”  Salmagundi, Nos. 162-163 (Spring-Summer 2009), p. 96.

“Cultivation.”  The Paris Review, No. 191 (Winter 2009), p. 111.

“Talk.”  The Yale Review, Vol. 97, no. 1 (January 2009), p. 81.

“Zero.”  The Yale Review, Vol. 97, no. 4 (October 2009), p. 19.

2010

“Living to Create: A Memoir.”  Art and Activism: Projects of John and Dominique de Menil. Josef Helfenstein and Laureen Schipsi, eds. Houston: The Menil Collection, 2010, pp. 18-19. 

2011

Coming to That: Poems.  Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2011.

“Tresses,” Southwest Review, Vol. 96, no. 2 (2011), pp. 203-204.

2013

 “Wisdom Tinged with Joy.”  The Big New Yorker Books of Dogs.  New York: Random House, 2013, p. 70.

2017

Índice. (Spanish language edition of A Table of Content: Poems.) Madrid: Vason Roto, 2017.

2019

Si llegamos a eso.  (Spanish language edition of  Coming to That: Poems.)  Madrid: Vason Roto, 2019.