Paterson Alfred Starr Hamilton

Paterson Alfred Starr HamiltonWilliam Carlos Williams Paterson is both a place the New Jersey city in whom the person (the poet's own life) and the public (the history of the region) are combined. Originally four books (published individually between 1946 and 1951), the structure of Paterson (in Dr. Williams' words) "follows the course of teh Passaic River" from above the great falls to its entrance into the sea. The unexpected Book Five, published in 1958, affirms the triumphant

Paul Demets

lyric essay

These are poems nourished in an oral tradition

He believed that the poet was a “radio” able to collect transmissions from an “invisible world

in an untied thought balloon to read it

Of Cities and Women is a philosophical and poetic tour de force

a lie spread across low-rent apartment complexes

Originally published in 1939

wordt zwaan

‘De crux is liefde en wij zijn de scherven daarvan

She was also a musician and musicologist

something of a mystery