I Am the Bitter Name

Name: I Am the Bitter Name
Author: C.K. Williams

About the author

American poet known for his very long lines and psychologically penetrating observation of urban life. Flesh and Blood won the National Book Critics Circle Award and Repair won the Pulitzer Prize.

More by C.K. Williams

LiesDebut exploring everyday deceptions and the opacity of human experience
With IgnoranceCollection of philosophical poems about knowledge, consciousness, and language
Flesh and BloodVisceral, intimate poems about embodiment, family, mortality, and sexuality
RepairLater poems about aging, mortality, love, and the redemption of relationship