William Logan is the author of three volumes of poetry: Sad-faced Men (1982), Difficulty (1985), and Sullen Weedy Lakes (1988). This year, David R. Godine, Publisher, will publish a new volume of poetry, Vain Empires, and a collection of essays and review, Reputations of the Tongue. Mr. Logan has received the Peter I.B. Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets and the Citation for Excellence in Reviewing from the National Book Critics Circle. (updated 1994)