Pulitzer Prize-winning poet C. K. Williams's personal reflection on
the art of Walt Whitman
In this book, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet C. K. Williams sets aside the
mass of biography and literary criticism that has accumulated around
Walt Whitman and attempts to go back to Leaves of Grass as he first
encountered it--to explore why Whitman's epic "continues to inspire and
sometimes daunt" him. The result is a personal reassessment and
appreciation of one master poet by another, as well as an unconventional
and brilliant introduction to Whitman. Beautifully written and rich with
insight, this is a book that refreshes our ability to see Whitman in all
his power.