Today is William Carlos Williams’s birthday.
We celebrate with a look through the archives.
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(September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963)
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From Selected Poems of William Carlos Williams
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A prescription for James Laughlin from William Carlos Williams
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A birthday poem
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A poem for WCW’s wife Florence Williams
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A risqué birthday poem
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William Carlos WIliams sent “Turkey in the Straw” to Louis Zukofsky with the note above
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The WCW drawer at New Directions
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Happy Birthday WIlliam Carlos Williams!
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