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Jun 26, 2011
Elliot
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The Act
There were the roses, in the rain.
Don’t cut them, I pleaded.
They won’t last, she said.
But they’re so beautiful
where they are.
Agh, we were all beautiful once, she said,
and cut them and gave them to me
in my hand.
Though I've never read a complete book by William Carlos Williams, all of the anthologized pieces and selections I've read tell me of his genius. His concision, his crafted imagery, his wrestling with both stru More...
Aug 22, 2010
Oscar
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Editor Edith Heal does a great job of capturing Williams' honest reflections of his entire body of work from the beginning of his career up to the time of the interviews. Williams is open and honest and consistent on his desire to capture the American Idiom in both prose and verse.
Even more insightful are the commentaries from Florence Herman Williams, aka Flossie, the poet's wife. An astute reader and honest voice, these interviews cement her role as the key collaborator behind al More...
Even more insightful are the commentaries from Florence Herman Williams, aka Flossie, the poet's wife. An astute reader and honest voice, these interviews cement her role as the key collaborator behind al More...
Dec 12, 2007
Alexander
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This is a fantastic book for any creative type. W.C. Williams is funny, poignant and clever in this quasi-autobiography about the creation of a poem and his life as he has grown older.
Oct 25, 2007
Carl
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this book, along with three or four others, helped be unleard everything i was taught in college workshops. why write nine lines if you can say it all perfectly in one?
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