All of Us (43 page)
Authors: Raymond Carver
| 54 | alone / almost alone AUP |
29
NYQUIL
: in
IAML
46.
30
THE POSSIBLE
: in
IAML
183—4.
31
SHIFTLESS
:
1st
in
Poetry
[Chicago, Ill.] 146.6 (Sept. 1985): 344; in
IAML
22.
32
THE YOUNG FIRE EATERS OF MEXICO CITY
:
1st
in
Crazyhorse
[Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock] 27 (Fall 1984): 11; in
Tendril
[Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 404,
IAML
119.
| 2 | and blow it out over a lit candle 1st, Tendril |
| 9 | in / within 1st, Tendril |
| 10 | scorched / parched 1st, Tendril |
| 13 | silent / poor 1st, Tendril |
| 14—15 | through the streets, silently, |
| | with a candle and a beercan filled with alcohol. 1st, Tendril |
33
WHERE THE GROCERIES WENT
:
1st
in
Seneca Review
[Hobart and William Smith Colleges] 15.2 (1986): 46—7.
| 13 | cupboards and / cupboards, and in 1st |
| 24 | jumped / may have jumped 1st |
| 26 | I wanted to tell you that machine is making 1st |
| 32 | doing / doing before I called 1st |
34
WHAT I CAN DO
:
1st
in
Northwest Review
[Univ. of Oregon, Eugene] 24.1 (1986): 54; in
IAML
49.
| 3 | so that my loved ones can’t reach me to put the arm 1st |
| 16 | for the / the 1st |
| 21 | sunny / continued sunny 1st |
35
THE LITTLE ROOM
: in
IAML
53.
36
SWEET LIGHT
:
1st
in
TriQuarterly
[Northwestern Univ.] 66 (Spring-Summer 1986): 144 in
IAML
167; separately published as a broadside (Fairfax, Calif.: Jungle Garden Press, 1990).
37
THE GARDEN
:
1st
in
Tendril
19—20 (1985):410—11; in
IAML
131—2. All lines begin with capital letters in
1st
.
| 4 | that / that 1st |
| 11—15 | Lines 13—15 immediately precede lines 11—12 in 1st. |
| 21—30 | Stanza six immediately precedes stanza five in 1st. |
| 40—1 | There is an additional stanza between these lines in 1st. See note on |
| | “The Fishing Pole of the Drowned Man”, (p.88). |
38
SON
: in
IAML
23.
39
KAFKA’S WATCH
:
1st
in
New Yorker
[New York, NY] 61.35 (21 Oct. 1985): 117; in
IAML
128.
Epigraph: [omitted in
1st
]
| 6 | Mohammedan / Muhammadan 1st |
40
THE LIGHTNING SPEED OF THE PAST
: in
IAML
87.
41
VIGIL
:
1st
in
Ploughshares
[Emerson College] 11.4 (1985): 84.
42
IN THE LOBBY OF THE HOTEL DEL MAYO
:
1st
in
Tendril
[Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—2 (1985): 420.
| 10 | looks / looks too 1st |
| 19 | Waving / Someone waving 1st |
| 23 | recall / be able to recall 1st |
| 24 | for the / the 1st |
43
BAHIA, BRAZIL
: in
IAML
135—6.
44
THE PHENOMENON
:
1st
in
Scripsi
[Melbourne, Australia] 4.2 (Nov. 1986): 193; in
IAML
154.
| 1 | wiped / whipped 1st |
45
MIGRATION
:
1st
in
Ontario Review
[Princeton, NJ] 24 (Spring-Summer 1986): 48—9; in
EFTD
9—10,
IAML
161—2.
| 5 | You / Have you 1st |
| 13 | down / down, 1st, EFTD |
| 16 | might / might set me at ease and 1st, EFTD |
| 29 | My friend stood up, as I recall it, the whole time. 1st, EFTD |
| 31 | stay still, was / sit was 1st |
| | stay still was EFTD |
| 41—2 | He kept moving |
| | until we reached the front door and stopped. 1st, EFTD |
| 46 | from / off 1st |
| 51 | He’ll / He’d 1st |
| 53 | of him. Until he reached a place only he knew about. 1st |
| 54 | Arctic / arctic 1st |
| 56 | down, / down 1st |
46
SLEEPING
:
1st
in
Paris Review
[Flushing, NY] 28.100 (Summer-Fall 1986): 60; in
IAML
163.
| 14—15 | In jail. |
| | Behind the wheel. |
| | On boats. 1st |
| 16 | He slept in line shacks, and in a castle, once. 1st |
| 18—19 | In blistering sun. |
| | On horseback he slept. 1st |
47
THE RIVER
:
1st
in
Poetry
[Chicago, Ill.] 148.3 (June 1986): 127; separately published as a broadside (Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1986); in
IAML
160.
| 5 | grilse / grisle 1st, Ewert , AUP |
| 20 | that other shore hung with heavy branches 1st, Ewert |
| 21 | the dark mountain range behind 1st |
| | dark lip of the mountain range behind Ewert |
48
THE BEST TIME OF THE DAY
: separately published as a broadside to honor RC upon his receiving an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the Univ. of Hartford on 15 May 1988 (Lewisburg, Pa.: privately printed, 1988).
49
SCALE
:
1st
in
Caliban
[Ann Arbor, Mich.] 1 (1986): 99—100,
Scripsi
[Melbourne, Australia] 4.2 (Nov. 1986): 190—1; in
IAML
201—2.
Dedication: [omitted in
Scripsi
]
| 5 | rising / is rising Caliban |
| 13 | finishes / finished AUP |
| 25 | thirty / 30 Caliban, Scripsi |
| 34 | much / much, much Caliban, Scripsi |
| 44 | human / whole human Caliban, Scripsi |
50
THE SCHOOLDESK
:
1st
in
Scripsi
[Melbourne, Australia] 4.2 (Nov. 1986): 188—9; in
IAML
143—5.
| 64 | of / in 1st |
51
CUTLERY
:
1st
in
New Yorker
[New York, NY] 62.5 (24 Mar. 1986): 38; in
IAML
109—10.
| 1 | twenty / 20 1st |
| 16 | inside; / inside, 1st |
52
THE PEN
:
1st
in
Zyzzyva
[San Francisco, Calif.] 1.3 (Fall 1985): 121—2; in
IAML
122—3.
53
THE PRIZE
:
1st
in
Quarry West
[Univ. of California, Santa Cruz] 20 (1984): 50; in
Northwest Review
[Univ. of Oregon, Eugene] 23.1 (1985): 44.
| 7 | What / But what 1st, Northwest Review |
| 10 | As / Just as 1st, Northwest Review |
| 22 | As / It was as 1st, Northwest Review |
54
AN ACCOUNT
: in
IAML
164—5.
55
THE MEADOW
:
1st
in
Scripsi
[Melbourne, Australia] 4.2 (Nov. 1986): 194; in
EFTD
21,
IAML
26—7.
| 12 | where he lived / he lived in, 1st, EFTD |
| 24 | her / its 1st |
| 25 | I will / I’ll 1st, EFTD |
56
SINEW
:
1st
in
Atlantic
[Boston, Mass.] 258.5 (Nov. 1986): 112; in
IAML
98—9.
| 7 | on / in 1st |
| 11 | still and warm / still warm 1st |
| 12 | cuckoo / cuckoo bird 1st , AUP |
| 23 | all / is all 1st |
| 29 | near. / near, 1st |
| 30 | Holds / holds 1st |
| 31 | smiles / smiles, 1st |
57
WAITING
: in
IAML
185.
58
ITS COURSE
:
1st
in
Ontario Review
[Princeton, NJ] 24 (Spring-Summer 1986): 46—7; in
EFTD
12—13,
IAML
96—7.
| 9 | yonder , where those houses are. 1st, EFTD |
| | “ yonder , where those houses are.” AUP |
| 14 | It could wake you up from a deep sleep, he said. 1st, EFTD |
| 23 | county / country 1st |
| 35 | after / angling for 1st, EFTD |
| 37 | after all. I remembered what he’d said 1st, EFTD |
| | after all. I remembered what he’s said AUP |
| 38—9 | about the young men who used to run |
| | at this hill with their motorcycles. 1st, EFTD |
| 41 | else / else younger. 1st, EFTD |
| 42 | my / My 1st, EFTD |
59
THE WHITE FIELD
:
1st
in
Seneca Review
[Hobart and William Smith Colleges] 15.2 (1986): 48—9; in
IAML
93—4.
| 6 | him / that 1st |
| 42 | back / went back 1st |
60
SHOOTING
:
1st
in
Caliban
[Ann Arbor, Mich.] 1 (1986): 101; in
IAML
108.
| 1 | belly,/ belly. 1st |
| 2 | cradling / Cradling 1st |
61
THE WINDOW
:
1st
as a holiday greeting card (Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1985); in
Scripsi
[Melbourne, Australia] 4.2 (Nov. 1986): 187,
IAML
95.
62
HEELS
:
1st
in
Scripsi
[Melbourne, Australia] 4.2 (Nov. 1986): 192—3.
| 7 | dust / dust critters 1st |
| 21—2 | that could stamp on things. Spiders, |
| | maybe, or garter snakes. Anything. 1st |
| 30 | fumble / fumble and fumble 1st |
63
THE PHONE BOOTH
:
1st
in
Northwest Review
[Univ of Oregon, Eugene] 24.1 (1986): 52—3.
| 29 | that close in there. The phone |
| | still warm to the touch 1st |
| 30 | a / that 1st |
| 35 | in coins / coins in 1st |
64
CADILLACS AND POETRY
:
1st
in
Ploughshares
[Emerson College] 11.4 (1985): 80; in
IAML
114—15.
| 19 | a / was a 1st |
| 27 | car / car again 1st |
65
SIMPLE
:
1st
in
Ohio Review
[Ohio Univ.] 37 (1986): 59; in
IAML
166.
66
MOTHER
:
1st
in
Poetry
[Chicago, Ill.] 147.3 (Dec. 1985): 127; in
EFTD
11,
IAML
59.
| 14 | goddamn / goddam 1st, EFTD |
67
THE FIELDS
: in
IAML
196—7.
| 3 | that’d / that’s AUP |
68
EVENING
:
1st
in
Scripsi
[Melbourne, Australia] 4.2 (Nov. 1986): 187; in
IAML
140.
