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Collected Poems Vol I

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William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), a great contemporary of Pound, H.D., Wyndham Lewis and others, is one of the fathers of American free verse. Born in Rutherford, New Jersey, he began writing poetry while still a student at Horace Mann High School, at which time he made the decision to become both ... read more

Praise for William Carlos Williams 'William Carlos Williams, paediatrician by day, literary giant of the evening hours, is one of the great experimentalists of twentieth century American poetry, and this summer we can all enjoy a reprint of his long poem Paterson, named after a town in New Jersey, newly reimagined in this wild, invigorating, free-form, jazz-like patchwork of prose and poetry, whose language veers from the headily philosophical to the footloose and wayward.'
Michael Glover, The Tablet

'This is an essential book for anyone who is serious about poetry.'
Steven Hanson, the Manchester Review of Books

William Carlos Williams reads 'The Red Wheelbarrow' (0:17 min) William Carlos Williams reads 'To Elsie' (1:48 mins)

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Collected Poems Vol I William Carlos Williams Edited by Walton Litz and Christopher MacGowan Imprint: Carcanet Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Author Reviews Audio William Carlos Williams William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), a great contemporary of Pound, H.D., Wyndham Lewis and others, is one of the fathers of American free verse. Born in Rutherford, New Jersey, he began writing poetry while still a student at Horace Mann High School, at which time he made the decision to become both ... read more Praise for William Carlos Williams 'William Carlos Williams, paediatrician by day, literary giant of the evening hours, is one of the great experimentalists of twentieth century American poetry, and this summer we can all enjoy a reprint of his long poem Paterson, named after a town in New Jersey, newly reimagined in this wild, invigorating, free-form, jazz-like patchwork of prose and poetry, whose language veers from the headily philosophical to the footloose and wayward.' Michael Glover, The Tablet 'This is an essential book for anyone who is serious about poetry.' Steven Hanson, the Manchester Review of Books William Carlos Williams reads 'The Red Wheelbarrow' (0:17 min) William Carlos Williams reads 'To Elsie' (1:48 mins)	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Poetry Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Lives and Letters PN Review Video Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! The Carcanet Blog We've Moved! read more Books of the Year read more One Little Room: Peter McDonald read more Collected Poems: Mimi Khalvati read more Invisible Dog: Fabio Morbito, translated by Richard Gwyn read more Dante's Purgatorio: Philip Terry read more
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Collected Poems Vol I

William Carlos Williams

Edited by Walton Litz and Christopher MacGowan