Great Regulars: One of the first pieces I wrote

for what would eventually become "Bill's Formal Complaint" is a prose poem titled "Bill." In it, the name "Bill" appears 24 times, the repetition, in and of itself, insisting on the character's existence, if only in the world of the poem. I wasn't convinced until about six months and 15 Bill poems later that he wasn't going away. I couldn't stop following him. [--Dan Kaplan]

from B.T. Shaw: The Oregonian: Since Bill is not going away, poet might as well write through him

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