William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) wrote twenty-five poetry collections, including Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems, posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize. He published twenty-seven other works—stories, poems, plays, novels, critical essays, and correspondence—though his main occupation was as a pediatrician. However, writing at night took its toll, and Williams was hospitalized for depression in 1953. “No ideas but in things” summarizes his poetic method, brilliantly illustrated in “The Red Wheelbarrow.”
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Summer Song, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2018–2019
- The Birds, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2017–2018
- The Practice, an essay, in Winter 2011