River Of Words: The Story Of William Carlos Williams (2011)

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Author

Jennifer Fisher Bryant

Genre

History & Biography

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4.11 of 5 Votes: 3

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ISBN

1437975860 (ISBN13: 9781437975864)

Language

English

Publisher

DIANE Publishing Company

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About book River Of Words: The Story Of William Carlos Williams (2011)

This was on my coworkers "recommendation" stack and it looked good. Then I saw it was all poetry and I thought "aahhhh" I can appreciate poetry but I don't love love it. But this instead was about a regular JOE, who liked to write poems, went to Medical School, but always wrote poems. Sometimes they rhymed some time they didn't. I enjoyed this and learned a lot about William Carol Williams (an unfortunate name...like Phil Phillps or Adam Adamsom) What I read of his poetry they aren't sappy, flowery or allegoric or layer upon layer of subtext obnoxious and symbolism, it seems beautiful and straight forward...my kind of poetry ! AR Reading level: 4.6Interest level: 2nd to 8th gradeWilliam Carlos Williams becomes a doctor but has a true passion for poetry. In this biography of his life, readers will follow William from childhood to adulthood as he becomes a doctor in order to make money but writes poetry as his true passion. The book also has poems by Williams. Children who enjoy poetry or biographies will enjoy this book.