Ted Berrigan (1934-1983) was the author of more than 20 books, including The Sonnets (1964); Bean Spasms, with Ron Padgett and Joe Brainard (1967); Red Wagon (1976); and A Certain Slant of Sunlight (1988). Alice Notley is the editor of two of Ted Berrigan's books, The Sonnets (2000) and A Certain Slant of Sunlight (1988). She is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, including Mysteries of Small Houses (1998) and Disobedience (2001). Anselm Berrigan is the director of the St. Mark's Poetry Project and the author of Zero Star Hotel (2002). Edmund Berrigan is a poet and songwriter and the author of Disarming Matter (1999).

• Acknowledgments Introduction Chronology THE SONNETS GREAT STORIES OF THE CHAIR MANY HAPPY RETURNS IN THE EARLY MORNING RAIN TRAIN RIDE MEMORIAL DAY by Ted Berrigan and Anne Waldman SHORT POEMS RED WAGON EASTER MONDAY NOTHING FOR YOU IN THE 51ST STATE A CERTAIN SLANT OF SUNLIGHT LAST POEMS EARLY UNCOLLECTED POEMS Notes Glossary of Names Credits Index of Titles Index of First Lines