C. K. Williams (1936–2015)
Autore di Repair: Poems
Sull'Autore
Charles Kenneth Williams was born on November 4, 1936 in Newark, New Jersey. He received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Pennsylvania in 1959. His collections of poetry include Lies, The Last Deaths, Collected Poems, and Selected Later Poems. He won the National Book Critics mostra altro Circle Award in 1987 for Flesh and Blood, the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for Repair in 2000, and the National Book Award for The Singing in 2003. In addition to writing poetry, he translated plays by Sophocles and poems by Adam Zagajewski and Francis Ponge. His critical essays were collected in Poetry and Consciousness and In Time: Poets, Poems, and the Rest. He also wrote On Whitman and a memoir entitled Misgivings: My Mother, My Father, Myself. He taught in Princeton University's creative writing program from 1996 until shortly before his death. He died from multiple myeloma on September 20, 2015 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Repair: Poems 2 copie
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Flowers for the Dead 1 copia
New & Selected Poems 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Williams, Charles Kenneth
- Data di nascita
- 1936-11-04
- Data di morte
- 2015-09-20
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Hopewell, New Jersey, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Newark, New Jersey, USA (birth)
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Paris, France - Istruzione
- University of Pennsylvania
Bucknell University - Attività lavorative
- poet
professor (college) - Organizzazioni
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 2003)
Princeton University - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2005)
PEN/Voelcker Award (1998)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1999)
Pushcart Prize - Breve biografia
- Short Autobiography
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Repair: Poems di C. K. Williams
Sealy Challenge #4
People seem to really love this thing but I believe their impression of the author started with his poems. Mine started with this memoir, and I have to say that I was not that impressed. In the beginning, especially, he comes across as the poor spoiled rich kid, and the descriptions of his parents do get a bit better, but that upbringing colors the entire story for me. He complains about his rather large father insisting on riding his smaller horse when he is a still young boy, but wait a minute - his dad bought him his own horse? He acknowledges that there is a sister and brother, but only a couple of times - the story is about his relationship to his parents as if he was an only child. And so it goes. Several times he brings up how, in his adult life, he is still taking his father's money to live on so he can pursue his writing, which is something I absolutely cannot relate to. And I'm not much for poetry, but if you are you may get more out of his descriptions. Gotta be honest here.… (altro)
In the midst of the depressing and violence to animals cruelty,
here are the four good poems I would recommend:
ICE, THE TRAIN, THE DRESS, and OWEN: SEVEN DAYS.
here are the four good poems I would recommend:
ICE, THE TRAIN, THE DRESS, and OWEN: SEVEN DAYS.
(Is probably closer to 4.5/5, but worth rounding up)
CK Williams is a wizard-- I don't know if I would recommend him (or this volume) to a person who isn't interested in poetics; popular poets are popular for a reason, and Williams never got a ton of widespread fame. However, he won lots of poetry awards, and for good reason. His trademark style with long, almost prose-like lines, is a beautiful structure for his work. This volume stitches together poetry from throughout much of his career, showing his artistic evolution.
Early on he was a bit more specific and political, which was fun- some of his work on the Vietnam War was great and stirring. But his best work is definitely later on, when he gets existential and personal. There's a sense of moral urgency, Williams demands that we think about our surroundings in ways that draw out a sense of curiosity and wonder. His environmental description made me smile so many times, and I've bookmarked about 7 poems (and over 15 specific quotes) to come back to in about a week just to redigest them.
Not every poem hits deep, but such is the nature of a poetry collection. My only real issue is his sometimes crude depiction of sexuality and female characters. It never feels outright toxic to me, especially in a genre where so many male writers are outright pigs to women. Nevertheless, my asexual self cringed several times and often would quickly skim through the more sexual writings..… (altro)
CK Williams is a wizard-- I don't know if I would recommend him (or this volume) to a person who isn't interested in poetics; popular poets are popular for a reason, and Williams never got a ton of widespread fame. However, he won lots of poetry awards, and for good reason. His trademark style with long, almost prose-like lines, is a beautiful structure for his work. This volume stitches together poetry from throughout much of his career, showing his artistic evolution.
Early on he was a bit more specific and political, which was fun- some of his work on the Vietnam War was great and stirring. But his best work is definitely later on, when he gets existential and personal. There's a sense of moral urgency, Williams demands that we think about our surroundings in ways that draw out a sense of curiosity and wonder. His environmental description made me smile so many times, and I've bookmarked about 7 poems (and over 15 specific quotes) to come back to in about a week just to redigest them.
Not every poem hits deep, but such is the nature of a poetry collection. My only real issue is his sometimes crude depiction of sexuality and female characters. It never feels outright toxic to me, especially in a genre where so many male writers are outright pigs to women. Nevertheless, my asexual self cringed several times and often would quickly skim through the more sexual writings..… (altro)
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