"This remarkable volume gathers essential work from Williams (1936-2015; Falling Ill), highlighting his ranging thought and moral intensity as well as his transformations as a poet . . . Sensitive and humane, this dazzles." –Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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C.K. Williams is a masterful straight-speaker, and throughout his body of work the reader cannot help but feel his dynamic mind and astute irony. This collection of selected poems,
Invisible Mending, introduced by Alan Shapiro,
captures the reach and spirit of this one-of-kind American voice. And, in his longish, Whitman-like lines, C.K. is a witness who addresses head-on what glorifies and ails us. In his deep, personal voyage, from
Lies to
Catherine's Laughter,
this poet beckons to humanity, as he praises and laments, and the reader knows this is where one confronts basic truths in a world of divergences and modern shapechangers, where earthly encounters and everyday lives collide magically in the brave poetry of C.K. Williams." –
Yusef Komunyakaa, author of
Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth