Yes, Mrs. Williams: Poet's Portrait Of His Mother

by William Carlos Williams

2021-07-20 05:34:58

Originally published in 1959, Yes, Mrs. Williams has long been unavailable. In recalling one of the determined women" in his life. William Carlos Williams, the quintessentially American poet of this century, does not write about his mother so much a... Read more
Originally published in 1959, Yes, Mrs. Williams has long been unavailable. In recalling one of the determined women" in his life. William Carlos Williams, the quintessentially American poet of this century, does not write about his mother so much as recreate her. An experimentalist in prose as well as poetry, Williams records the "talk" of Raquel Helene Rose Hoheb Williams, capturing the contradictions of this Spanish-speaking, Puerto Rican-born, Parisian-trained artist turned New Jersey wile and mother, her strength and cantankerousness, her vitality and sense of failed purpose. For this first New Directions paperbook edition, Dr. William Eric Williams, son and grandson, has written an illuminating foreword that includes newly discovered Williams family letters. " Less

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ISBN9780811208321
William Carlos Williams (Sep 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet, writer, and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. In addition to his writing, Williams had a long care...

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