Poetry. In LOVE ABOUT LOVE C. K. Williams has created a wholly new context forpoems written over a lifetime. Culled from all of his previous collections thepoem... » 

Poetry. In LOVE ABOUT LOVE C. K. Williams has created a wholly new context forpoems written over a lifetime. Culled from all of his previous collections thepoems have been reorganized by the author sometimes radically into a sequencethat throws startling fresh light on them. With his characteristic intensityand directness Williams explores the many faces of his subject passionaffection sexuality loneliness jealousy loss in poems remarkable fortheir range and ingenuity. LOVE ABOUT LOVE is an unsentimental and unsparingselfassessment by a poet writing at the height of his powers a vital study ofthe evolution of a consciousness that is truthtelling passionate andprofound. REPAIR the most recent book by Williams won the 2000 PulitzerPrize he has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a Lila Wallace Fellow has twicereceived a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and has receivednumerous other awards. LOVE ABOUT LOVE is also available in hardcover from SPD. «