William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) began writing poetry when he was a high school student at Horace Mann High School. Williams was a poet, novelist, essayist, and playwright. His works include: "Kora in Hell" (1920) and "Spring and All" (1923). Read more works by William Carlos Williams.
1. William Carlos Williams: Selected Poems
by William Carlos Williams, and Robert Pinsky (Editor). From the publisher: "A poet of astonishing range and inventiveness, Williams was at once a daring formal innovator, one of the band of modernists who transformed American poetry, and an intimate, sometimes savagely frank chronicler of the life and landscape of his native New Jersey."
2. The Correspondence of William Carlos Williams and Louis Zukofsky
by Barry Ahearn (Editor), Louis Zukofsky, and William Carlos Williams. Wesleyan University Press. From the publisher: "In addition to delving into the creative processes of the two men, this exciting and extensive collection provides important insight into the development of Modernism and into literary icons such as Ezra Pound, E. E. Cummings and T. S. Eliot."3. Collected Stories of William Carlos Williams
by William Carlos Williams, and Sherwin B. Nuland (Introduction). New Directions Publishing Corporation. From the publisher: "When these stories first appeared, their vitality and immediacy shocked many readers, as did the blunt, idiosyncratic speech of Williams' immigrant and working-class characters. But the passage of time has silenced the detractors, and what shines in the best of these stories is the unflinching honesty and deep humanity of Williams' portraits..."4. William Carlos Williams Reads
by William Carlos Williams. HarperCollins. From the publisher: "William Carlos Williams celebrates the ordinary, the commonplace, and the matter-of-fact, asking us to know them for their poetry. 'To each thing,' he has said, 'its special quality, its special value...' Included: 'Descent,' 'The Host Flowers by the Sea,' and 'Between Walls'."5. The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams
by William Carlos Williams, A. Walton Litz, and Christopher J. MacGowan (Editor). New Directions Publishing Corporation. From the publisher: "Considered by many to be the most characteristically American of our twentieth-century poets, William Carlos Williams 'wanted to write a poem /that you would understand. / ... Bu you got to try hard--'."