Great (Overlooked) Books -- A Symposium Nov 5, 2009
Is any major American writer fading faster than William Carlos Williams, who had the bum judgment to write a five-book epic poem about Paterson, New Jersey, of all godforsaken places. Williams is best remembered, if at all, for his red wheel/barrow/glazed with rain/water and his introduction to Allen Ginsberg s Howl and Other Poems, which is more than most poets, and certainly most Garden State loyalists such as myself, deserve. (The American Conservative)
Poet, CCC professor releases his fifth book Oct 12, 2009
He pointed to William Carlos Williams, Allen Ginsberg and Walt Whitman as particular favorites. Whitman still has the ability to fascinate Nelson, who has done much critical analysis of the poet's work and has had numerous pieces published on the subject. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
'Bright Star' Sep 25, 2009
"It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there," the poet William Carlos Williams wrote. It wasn't always so difficult, but men died all the same. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
We watched his star rise and fall, knowing how it would end Jul 2, 2009
In 1923, the poet William Carlos Williams wrote the pure products of America go crazy, and in this he predicted Judy Garland, Marlon Brando, Elvis Presley, Phil Spector, Brian Wilson, Kurt Cobain - any public figure whose inability to handle stardom becomes part of that stardom. So it was with Jackson. (Boston Globe)
Sweetness and Spite Jun 25, 2009
She adopted, without necessarily being aware of doing so, William Carlos Williams s doctrine: No ideas but in things. Suburbia awoke in her a passionate instinct for what a 19th-century Anglican hymnodist had called the daily round, the common task. (The American Conservative)
Delmore Schwartz is Worth Another L... Jun 25, 2009
The Ballad of the Children of the Czar, a devastating adult satire in the guise of a perfectly controlled children s poem, is followed by the wonderfully erudite yet sensual In the Naked Bed, in Plato s Cave, and then At This Moment of Time, The Beautiful American Word, Sure, and O Love, Sweet Animal seem like equal parts Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams and Theodore Roethke, all brewed with distinct Schwartzian elements and details that as if turn those other names inside out, from mere... (Suite101.com)
Daniel C. Tosteson, 84, dean of Harvard Medical 20 years May 29, 2009
A large portrait of the poet Robert Frost hung in Dr. Tosteson's office, and he could quote the poetry of William Carlos Williams "at the drop of a hat," said Dr. Jim Adelstein, the Paul C. Cabot distinguished professor of medical biophysics at the medical school. "He felt that poetry captured the spirit of humanity that he was interested in.". (Boston Globe)
‘Hate That Cat’ and ‘Bird’ May 7, 2009
Jack shares his own life as he responds to poems by other poets: William Carlos Williams, Edgar Allan Poe, T. S. Eliot. These famous poems, chosen for their child appeal, are included at the back of the book. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Jon Bon Jovi in NJ Hall of Fame May 4, 2009
Bill Bradley, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Althea Gibson, Jerry Lewis, Guglielmo Marconi, Shaquille ONeal, Phil Rizzuto, Paul Robeson, Carl Sagan, Walt Whitman, and William Carlos Williams. Latest News. (New York Post -- News)
Book review: 'The Soul of Medicine' Apr 29, 2009
His work can be considered in the same realm as the quintessential example of physician-penned nonfiction - "The Doctor Stories," by William Carlos Williams, compiled by Robert Coles. Although it's easy to say goodbye to the vestiges of sexism and racism in medicine, it's much harder to part with the laying-on-of-hands, the precision and beauty of a well-done physical exam, and the trust that was often constructed in an era when doctors spent more time listening to their patients. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Donald Barthelme: A convincing, admiring portrait of a complex storyteller Mar 21, 2009
He was also the brilliant young editor of the magazine Forum, which he oversaw from 1956 (after he returned from the Korean War) to 1960, publishing original work by figures like Leslie Fiedler, Hugh Kenner, William Carlos Williams, Norman Mailer, Walker Percy and Alain Robbe-Grillet. In 1960 he published Marshall McLuhan's speech "The Medium Is the Message.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
From the everyday to infinity Feb 22, 2009
A RIVER OF WORDS: The Story of William Carlos Williams Written by Jen Bryant Illustrated by Melissa Sweet Eerdmans, 34 pp ... Jen Bryant's picture book "A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams," another Caldecott Honor winner, provides a rich portrait of the poet and, by extension, of poetry's source ... A RIVER OF WORDS: The Story of William Carlos Williams Written by Jen Bryant. (Boston Globe)
