Yes, Mrs. Williams: Poet's Portrait of His Mother

by William Carlos Williams

Book Overview

Originally published in 1959, Yes, Mrs. Williams has long been unavailable. In recalling one of the "determined women" in his life. William Carlos Williams, the quintessentially American poet of this century, does not write about his mother so much as recreate her. An experimentalist in prose as well as poetry, Williams records the "talk" of Raquel H l ne Rose Hoheb Williams, capturing the contradictions of this Spanish-speaking, Puerto Rican-born,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081120832X
• ISBN13: 9780811208321
• Release Date: August 1982
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 8.3"