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I Wanted to Write a Poem: The Autobiography of the Works of a Poet
Contributor(s): Williams, William Carlos (Author)

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 ISBN: 0811207072     ISBN-13: 9780811207072
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
OUR PRICE: $14.20  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: October 1978
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Annotation: 'I Wanted to Write a Poem' is, then, a brief 'talking' bibliography, alive with the Williamses' memories of the circumstances in which the books were brought into being-in Miss Heal's words, 'a nostalgic review of the early twentieth-century literary world.'

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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American - General
Dewey: 811.52
LCCN: 78006645
Series: New Directions Paperbook
Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.06" W x 8.03" L (0.33 lbs) 132 pages
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:
Subtitled The Autobiography of the Works of a Poet, this unique volume was the result of a series of informal conversations in the mid-1950s between Dr. Williams, his wife, and Edith Heal, then a student at Columbia University. In the relaxed atmosphere of the Williams home in Rutherford, New Jersey, the three discussed, chronologically, the poet's works as collected on his very own library shelves. There was an air of discovery about the whole procedure, Miss Heal writes in her introduction, the poet's excited 'Why I'd forgotten this dedication, ' the unexpected appearance of reviews that had been tucked away in the pages of the books, pencilled corrections in the text, scrawled first drafts on prescription blanks. I Wanted to Write a Poem is, then, a brief talking bibliography, alive with the Williamses' memories of the circumstances in which the books were brought into being--in Miss Heal's words, a nostalgic review of the early twentieth-century literary world.

Contributor Bio(s): Williams, William Carlos: - Besides being a practicing physician, William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was a poet, short-story writer, novelist, translator, playwright, and essayist whose contribution to the development of modern American poetry grew out of his commitment to recording the "local" experience of Rutherford, New Jersey, and its environs.
 
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