INTRODUCTION: [»»] Jeffery Beam and Richard Owens: The Lord of Orchards: Jonathan Williams at 80: (Excerpt:) Throughout his life in poetry and the arts Williams preferred active involvement with artists and the world at large over cloistered study or administrative labor: “I clearly did not want to become a Byzantinist in the basement of The Morgan Library; or an art critic for The New Yorker; nor did I want to live in the world of competitive business.” His work in the arts thus demanded direct and persistent engagement with the world — a form of engagement that gave rise to both enduring friendships and irreconcilable conflicts.
REMEMBERING: [»»] Jonathan Williams: A Life in Pictures [»»] Basil Bunting: Comment on Jonathan Williams [»»] Dear JW: Erica Van Horn [»»] James McGarrell: Mountainside Reader; for JW [»»] Ann McGarrell: À mon cher Stodge [»»] Anne Midgette: On With It [»»] Bob Arnold: Swept in with the Rain [»»] Charles Lambert: Acts of Kindness [»»] Diana C. Stoll: Jonathan Williams: More Mouth on that Man [»»] Gary Carden: The Bard of Scaly Mountain [»»] Harry Gilonis: from Pliny: Naturalis Historia XXVII. xvi 58 [»»] John Mitzel: Jonathan Williams: An Appreciation [»»] Michael Rumaker’s Last Letter to Jonathan Williams [»»] Robert Kelly: Colonel Generosity — Saying Thank You to Jonathan Williams [»»] Ronald Johnson: A Microscopic/ Telescopic Collage of «The Empire Finals at Verona»
Jonathan Williams: The Lord of Orchards
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INTRODUCTION:
[»»] Jeffery Beam and Richard Owens: The Lord of Orchards: Jonathan Williams at 80: (Excerpt:) Throughout his life in poetry and the arts Williams preferred active involvement with artists and the world at large over cloistered study or administrative labor: “I clearly did not want to become a Byzantinist in the basement of The Morgan Library; or an art critic for The New Yorker; nor did I want to live in the world of competitive business.” His work in the arts thus demanded direct and persistent engagement with the world — a form of engagement that gave rise to both enduring friendships and irreconcilable conflicts.
REMEMBERING:
[»»] Jonathan Williams: A Life in Pictures
[»»] Basil Bunting: Comment on Jonathan Williams
[»»] Dear JW: Erica Van Horn
[»»] James McGarrell: Mountainside Reader; for JW
[»»] Ann McGarrell: À mon cher Stodge
[»»] Anne Midgette: On With It
[»»] Bob Arnold: Swept in with the Rain
[»»] Charles Lambert: Acts of Kindness
[»»] Diana C. Stoll: Jonathan Williams: More Mouth on that Man
[»»] Gary Carden: The Bard of Scaly Mountain
[»»] Harry Gilonis: from Pliny: Naturalis Historia XXVII. xvi 58
[»»] John Mitzel: Jonathan Williams: An Appreciation
[»»] Michael Rumaker’s Last Letter to Jonathan Williams
[»»] Robert Kelly: Colonel Generosity — Saying Thank You to Jonathan Williams
[»»] Ronald Johnson: A Microscopic/ Telescopic Collage of «The Empire Finals at Verona»