Preface   13

    A Prelude to Printing: Before New York   22

    A Prelude to Printing: New York and Beyond   40

PLAIN WRAPPER PRESS

    Quito, Ecuador   56

         1. Eight Parting Poems   68

    Buenos Aires, Argentina   82

        Peopleology of Richard Rummonds   96

        2. 1945–1965: An Evaluation of Two Decades of Self-Deception   102

    New York, New York   128

         3. The Dog Bite: A Dream Narrative   156

    Verona, Italy: Via Duomo, 15   168

         4. Images & Footsteps   186

         5. Ten Poems & Ten Reflections   210

         6. Le Streghette   218

         7. Ballata delle Madri   228

         8. Some Things from Jack   240

    Verona, Italy: The Vespa   250

         9. Didascalie   258

        10. Poesie dal Tappeto Volante   266

        11. The Ill-Timed Lover   278

        12. Tre Poesie d’Amore   289

        13. Pronto Soccorso: The Pucci-Parigi Book   292

    Verona, Italy: The Lull before the Storm   304

        14. Siete Poemas Sajones / Seven Saxon Poems   320

        15. A Lost Poem   342

        16. Three Poems of Passion   354

        17. Géographie du Regard   366

        18. Society of Private Printers: Third Exchange   378

        19. The Emperor’s Lion   392

        20. Will and Testament: A Fragment of Biography   414

        21. Le Stagioni   440

        22. A Christmas Recipe   444

    Verona, Italy: Via Carlo Cattaneo, 6   446

        23. Six Printers Mottos: A Spectrum Specimen   456

        24. Stella Variabile   466

        25. Circhi e Cene / Circuses and Suppers   480

        26. La Donna con la Bocca Aperta / The Woman with Her

                Mouth Open   492

        27. Lo Stemma Cittadino   502

        28. Six Poems   508

        29. Wooings   512

        30. Cantata de Bomarzo   526

        31. Cantata di Bomarzo   540

    Verona, Italy: Getting the Word Out   548

        32. Verona e i Suoi Fiumi   586

        33. The Ship of Sounds   598

        34. The River   604

        35. Suite Lirica / Lyric Suite   612

        36. Il Cinque Maggio / Der Fünfte Mai   626

    Cottondale, Alabama: Settling In   634

        37. Prima Che Tu Dica “Pronto” / Before You Say “Hello”  

                648

        38. Seven Aspects of Solitude   662

EX OPHIDIA

    Cottondale, Alabama: Winding Down   677

        39. Dal Vero   682

        40. Could I Ask You Something?   690

        41. Atlantic Crossing   704

        42. Journeys in Sunlight   716

    Postscript, October 1988   726

    Afterword, April 2013  730

    Appendix I: Notes to “The Mr. Wilson Story”   742

    Appendix II: Full text of Bruce Boyd’s poem   744

    Appendix III: Faulkner Fiasco   746

    Acknowledgments   748

    Index of Recipes   750

    Index of Names   552