Synopses & Reviews
Review
"As the title of this work suggests, its presiding genius is William Carlos Williams, whose undivided careers as poet and
physician have inspired Cole's work. Just as Williams inspired Coles, Coles might will inspire others with his own plain, unaffected, ordinary language—free of pretentious academic 'cant and double-talk.' The essays presented here—which range from Dickens and Kafka to Southern literature and, finally, to Williams himself—are sympathetic, humane reflections on how literature teaches us to live our lives, to love, to endure." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)