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William Carlos Williams

Born

in Rutherford, New Jersey, The United States

September 17, 1883

Died

March 04, 1963

Genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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William Carlos Williams was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine. Williams "worked harder at being a writer than he did at being a physician," wrote biographer Linda Wagner-Martin. During his long lifetime, Williams excelled both as a poet and a physician.

Although his primary occupation was as a doctor, Williams had a full literary career. His work consists of short stories, poems, plays, novels, critical essays, an autobiography, translations, and correspondence. He wrote at night and spent weekends in New York City with friends—writers and artists like the avant-garde painters Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia and the poets Wallace Stevens and Mari ...more

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Average rating: 4.13 · 149,091 ratings · 4,424 reviews · 230 distinct works • Similar authors

	Selected Poems by William Carlos Williams, Charles Tomlinson (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 14,290 ratings — published 1963 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Poems, Vol. 1: 1909-1939 by William Carlos Williams, A. Walton Litz (Editor), Christopher MacGowan (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 6,153 ratings — published 1951 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Poems, Vol. 2: 1939-1962 by William Carlos Williams, Christopher MacGowan (Editor) 4.28 avg rating — 4,036 ratings — published 1967 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paterson 4.14 avg rating — 2,936 ratings — published 1946 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spring and All 4.14 avg rating — 2,041 ratings — published 1923 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems 4.23 avg rating — 1,501 ratings — published 1962 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the American Grain by William Carlos Williams, Horace Gregory (Introduction) 3.96 avg rating — 835 ratings — published 1925 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imaginations by William Carlos Williams, Webster Schott (Editor) 4.28 avg rating — 638 ratings — published 1971 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Doctor Stories by William Carlos Williams, Robert Coles (Introduction) 3.87 avg rating — 641 ratings — published 1984 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Use of Force 3.20 avg rating — 528 ratings — published 1938 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Stecher Trilogy (3 books)
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Quotes by William Carlos Williams (?)

“It's a strange courage
you give me ancient star:
Shine alone in the sunrise
toward which you lend no part!”
― William Carlos Williams

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“We sit and talk,
quietly, with long lapses of silence
and I am aware of the stream
that has no language, coursing
beneath the quiet heaven of
your eyes
which has no speech”
― William Carlos Williams, Paterson

tags: language, poetry, silence

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“This is Just to Say

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold”
― William Carlos Williams

tags: apology, poetry

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Voting is now open for our December Classical read. Voting will stay open until November 15th, 2019 and the winning book will be announced on November 16th, 2019.

Journey to love by William Carlos (Rutherford 1883-1963) WILLIAMS

1 vote, 16.7%

The Well at the World's End by William Morris

1 vote, 16.7%

Double Indemnity by James M. Cain

1 vote, 16.7%

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

1 vote, 16.7%

When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells

1 vote, 16.7%

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

1 vote, 16.7%

The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy

0 votes, 0.0%

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