Preface
“Cruising with Catullus” is a sailing memoir, but it’s also the record of a literary career and several unusual friendships. It was written as a prosimetrum, with a related poem heading each chapter of narrative. Some of the poems have appeared in periodicals, which are acknowledged where appropriate. All pages interlink through the table of contents at right. Photos are interspersed with the text.
Like any lost love, Catullus has left the pleasure of memory. I wrote this account in the void of a prairie winter, when nothing moved but snowdrifts that crawled like slow-motion waves over the landscape. To escape so cheaply seemed reward enough; I never expected to publish. If you wish to share these cruises with my improbable crewmates, proceed here to the first chapter.
Alan Sullivan
Hollywood, Florida
September, 2007
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