Bates College Summer 2010 newsletter. Class of 1953. William Joseph Goodreau, Nov. 17, 2006. Bill Goodreau was careful with words: As a poet, he made each one count. His work was published in literary journals and in the 1980 Anthology of American Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry and the 1970 New York Times Book of Verse. He published two volumes of his work, The Many Islands (1961) and In My Father’s House (1964). After completing an M.F.A. at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the Univ. of Iowa, he taught at the College of St. Teresa in Minnesota. He chaired the English department there and was adviser to the literary quarterly (he was the editor of The Garnet at Bates). In 1979, he started three years as a Fulbright lecturer at the National Univ. of Zaire. After retiring from teaching, he made his home in Antibes, France. He enjoyed donating works of art from his collection to the Bates Museum of Art.

Condition:  Book itself is Very Good. Sound binding.  There is a little blue staining from page edges in upper center margins else tight and and clean with very minimal signs of wear.  DJ is Very Good . A bit of chipping near top of spine and light rubbing to extremities. The book measures  8  1/2"  x  5  1/2" with 61 pages.