C. K. Williams

Charles Kenneth "C. K." Williams (November 4, 1936 – September 20, 2015) was an American poet, critic and translator. Quotes Dear reader dearest inscrutable listener inscrutably harking or regrettably more likely not harking except in that chamber in me that posits you with me every moment I’m speaking or trying to speak Dear reader who may or may not be with me I still remember how once you weren’t here at all so I’d make up a mythical listener and there were good sides to that because I myself could choose the degree of your presence the level of your attention from zero to fifty but then before I knew it you were somehow actually with me though it’s still a mystery as to why you decided to join me. "Dear Reader," New York Review of Books, May 21, 2015 External links Category:National Book Award winners Category:1936 births Category:2015 deaths Category:Academics from the United States Category:Poets from the United States Category:Translators from the United States Category:Critics from the United States Category:Princeton University faculty Category:Pulitzer Prize winners Category:People from Newark Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni