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Writers Writing Dying: Poems by Williams, C. K. (Charles Kenneth), 1936-2015 is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p class="null1">A stunning new collection—candid, introspective, moving—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet</p> <p>Since his first poetry collection, <i>Lies</i>, C. K. Williams has nurtured an incomparable reputation—as a deeply moral poet, a writer of profound emotion, and a teller of compelling stories. In <i>Writers&nbsp;Writing Dying</i>, he retains the essential parts of his poetic identity (his candor, the drama of his verses, the social conscience of his themes) while slyly reinventing himself, recasting his voice, and in many poems examining the personal&nbsp;(sexual desire, the hubris of youth, the looming specter of death) more bluntly and bravely than ever. In “Prose,” he confronts his nineteen-year-old self, who despairs of writing poetry, with the question “How could anyone know this little?”<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a poem of meditation, “The Day Continues Lovely,” he radically expands the scale of his attention: “Meanwhile cosmos roars on with so many voices we can’t hear ourselves think.&nbsp;Galaxy on.&nbsp;Galaxy off.&nbsp;Universe on, but another just behind this one . . .”&nbsp;Even the poet’s own purpose is questioned; in “Draft 23” he asks, “Between

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Author

Williams, C. K. (Charles Kenneth), 1936-2015

Publisher

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374293321

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Poetry

Rating

3.49 / 5 (65 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13