William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was a poet, writer, and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. While poetry was his main literary focus, he occasionally wrote short stories, plays, novels, essays, and translations. In addition to his writing, Williams had a long career as a physician practicing both pediatrics and general medicine.
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Williams spent his life as a doctor practicing pediatric medicine in northern New Jersey, a few miles west of New York City. During the work day, between seeing patients, he often dashed off poems on the backs of blank prescription pads that he kept in hi... SEE MORE