Writers Writing Dying

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Williams maintains his candor and social conscience while giving new life to his voice in his latest book of poems. Exploring the personal — from his 19-year-old self to inevitable death — the poems are both funny and meaningful. C.K. Williams is a creative writing professor in the Lewis Center for the Arts.

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PAW’s December 2025 cover, with a photo of Michael Park ’98.
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