Tribute to Medicine

Conversation with
Dorianne Laux

Releasing December 1997, issue #8 pays tribute to William Carlos Williams and a dozen other doctor-poets. This is the first tribute Rattle ever published, intended to honor the fact that none of us are poets-only–everyone has a day job, but that doesn’t mean that poetry shouldn’t be an integral part of our lives.

Also in the issue, Alan Fox interviews Dorianne Laux. In the essay section, John Bennetts writes about reading Shakespeare, and Colette Inez shares a modest proposal for saving the world through poetry.

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TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS & MEDICINE
Robert S. Caroll, M.D. • Sheldon Herman, M.D.
Revis W. James, M.D. • Stan Josephs, M.D.
Wayne Liebman, M.D. • Dr. Anthony Rose
Joel S. Satzman, M.D. • Ronald MacKinnon Thompson, M.D.
H.W. Van Lonkhuyzen, M.D • Robert Harlan Wintroub, M.D.

POETRY
Rosemary Adam (2) • Caron Andregg • Joyce GQ Block (2)
Hal Bogotch • R.G. Cantalupo • Leslie Clason
Elizabeth Degenhardt • John Ditsky • W.D. Ehrhart
J.C. Ellefson • Olivia Ellis • Livio Farallo • Gene Fehler
Alan Fox • Arthur G. Gottlieb • Katherine Hageland
Sam Hamill • David Hernandez • Wayne Hogan
Joanne Holdridge • Albert Huffstickler
Colette Inez • Jamie Jackson • Bonnie Jacobson
Nancy King • Lenore Langs • Dorianne Laux
Perie J. Longo • Brant Lyon • Kerri Brostrom Masters
K.C. McCaffrey • Donald McLeod • Timothy Monaghan
Candace Moore • Jim Natal • Fred Ostrander
Suzanne Proulx • Lee Rossi • Carole Rouin
Mark Salerno • M.A. Schaffner • Daniel R. Schwarz
William Stafford • David Watson • David Widup
Dallas Wiebe • Fredrick Zydek

REVIEWS
Andy Jen • David Widup • Jim Henley

ESSAYS
John Bennett • Colette Inez

CONVERSATION
Dorianne Laux