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Born in February 27, 1925 / Died in July 6, 2002 / United States / English

Bibliography

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POETRY

  • Poems, Tibor de Nagy Gallery (New York, NY), 1953.
  • Ko; or, A Season on Earth (also see below), Grove (New York, NY), 1959.
  • Permanently, Tiber Press, 1960.
  • Thank You and Other Poems, Grove (New York, NY), 1962.
  • Poems from 1952 and 1953 (limited edition), Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1968.
  • The Pleasures of Peace and Other Poems, Grove (New York, NY), 1969.
  • When the Sun Tries to Go On, Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1969.
  • Sleeping with Women (limited edition), Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1969.
  • The Art of Love, Random House (New York, NY), 1975.
  • The Duplications (also see below), Random House (New York, NY), 1977.
  • The Burning Mystery of Anna in 1951, Random House (New York, NY), 1979.
  • Days and Nights, Random House (New York, NY), 1982.
  • Selected Poems, 1950-1982, Random House (New York, NY), 1985.
  • On the Edge, Viking (New York, NY), 1986.
  • Seasons on Earth (includes Ko; or, A Season on Earth and The Duplications), Penguin (New York, NY), 1987.
  • Selected Poems, Carcanet (Manchester, England), 1991.
  • One Train: Poems, Knopf (New York, NY).
  • On the Great Atlantic Rainway: Selected Poems, 1950-1988, Knopf (New York, NY), 1994.
  • Straits: Poems, Knopf (New York, NY), 1998.
  • New Addresses: Poems, Knopf (New York, NY), 2000.
  • Sun Out: Selected Poems, 1952-1954, Knopf (New York, NY), 2002.
  • A Possible World, Knopf (New York, NY), 2002.
FICTION
  • (With Alex Katz) Interlocking Lives, Kulchur Foundation (New York, NY), 1970.
  • The Red Robins (also see below), Random House (New York, NY), 1975.
  • Hotel Lambosa and Other Stories, Coffee House Press (Minneapolis, MN), 1993.
NONFICTION
  • Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1970.
  • Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?: Teaching Great Poetry to Children, Random House (New York, NY), 1973.
  • I Never Told Anybody: Teaching Poetry Writing in a Nursing Home, Random House (New York, NY), 1977, revised edition, Teachers and Writers Collaborative (New York, NY), 1997.
  • (With Kate Farrell) Sleeping on the Wing: An Anthology of Modern Poetry, with Essays on Reading and Writing, Random House (New York, NY), 1981.
  • (With Kate Farrell) Talking to the Sun: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems for Young People, Metropolitan Museum of Art/Holt (New York, NY), 1985.
  • The Art of Poetry (literary criticism), University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 1996.
  • Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry, Scribner (New York, NY), 1998.
PLAYS
  • Little Red Riding Hood, produced in New York, NY, 1953.
  • Bertha (also see below), produced in New York, NY, 1959; produced as an opera, music by Ned Rorem, 1971.
  • Pericles (also see below), produced off-Broadway, 1960.
  • The Election (also see below), produced in New York, NY, 1960.
  • George Washington Crossing the Delaware (also see below), produced off-Broadway, 1962.
  • 1990-91 The Construction of Boston (also see below), produced off-Broadway, 1962; produced in Boston as an opera, music by Scott Wheeler.
  • Guinevere; or, The Death of the Kangaroo (also see below), produced in New York, NY, 1964.
  • The Tinguely Machine Mystery; or, The Love Suicides at Kaluka (also see below), produced in New York, NY, 1965.
  • The Moon Balloon (also see below), produced in New York's Central Park, 1969.
  • The Artist (opera; based on poem of the same title), music by Paul Reif), produced in New York, NY, 1972.
  • A Little Light, produced in Amagansett, NY, 1972.
  • The Gold Standard (also see below), produced in New York, NY, 1975.
  • Rooster Redivivus, produced in Garnerville, NY, 1975.
  • The Red Robins (based on novel of the same title; produced in New York, NY, 1978), Theatre Arts, 1979.
  • The New Diana, produced in New York, NY, 1984.
  • A Change of Hearts (opera; also see below), produced in New York, NY, 1985.
  • Popeye among the Polar Bears, produced in New York, NY, 1986.
  • (With composer Marcello Panni) The Banquet, produced in Bremen, Germany, 1998.
OMNIBUS VOLUMES; PLAYS
  • Bertha and Other Plays (also see below; includes Bertha, Pericles, George Washington Crossing the Delaware, The Construction of Boston, The Return of Yellowmay, The Revolt of the Giant Animals, The Building of Florence, Angelica, The Merry Stones, The Academic Murders, Easter, The Lost Feed, Mexico, Coil Supreme, The Gold Standard, and Guinevere; or, The Death of the Kangaroo), Grove (New York, NY), 1966.
  • A Change of Hearts: Plays, Films, and Other Dramatic Works, 1951-1971 (also see below; contains Bertha and Other Plays, A Change of Hearts, The Tinguely Machine Mystery; or, The Love Suicides at Kaluka, The Moon Balloon, E. Kology, Without Kinship, Youth, The Enchantment, and the film scripts Because, The Color Game, Mountains and Electricity, Sheep Harbor, Oval Gold, Moby Dick, L'École normale, The Cemetery, The Scotty Dog, and The Apple), Random House (New York, NY), 1973.
  • One Thousand Avant-garde Plays (produced in New York, NY, 1987), Knopf (New York, NY), 1988.
  • The Gold Standard: A Book of Plays, Knopf (New York, NY), 1996.
OTHER
  • (Editor, with others, and author of introduction) Joseph Ceravolo, The Green Lake Is Awake: Selected Poems, Coffee House Press (Minneapolis, MN), 1994.
Contributor to Penguin Modern Poets 24, Penguin, 1974; contributor of fiction, poetry, and plays to magazines, including Art and Literature, Locus Solus, Poetry, Raritan, Grand Street, and New York Review of Books. Member of editorial board of Locus Solus, 1960-62. Koch's works have been translated into French and Italian.