Artist
William Carlos Williams
American modernist poet William Carlos Williams reading selections from his influential twentieth-century verse.
About
William Carlos Williams was an American modernist poet and physician whose recorded readings document his distinctive approach to twentieth-century American verse. His oral interpretations of his own work emphasize the rhythmic and conversational qualities of his poetry, which often focused on everyday objects and experiences. These recordings serve as important historical documents of mid-twentieth-century literary practice and the poet's own performance style.