I thought Cheever was magnificent and that if I could write like him that would be the best I could do. And then I realized that what I really wanted to write had nothing to do with what he was doing.

I. (poetry). ISBN 978-0-9843312-3-9 (poems)


Collaborations
S: Semaines de Suzanne (1997) with Jean Echenoz Mark Polizzotti Florence Delay Olivier Rolin Sonja Greenlee & Patrick Deville
Oulipo Compendium (1998) as editor with Alastair Brotchie.

Harry Mathews (born February 14 1930) is an American author of various novels volumes of poetry and short fiction and essays.