C. K. Williams

American poet and critic (1936-2015).

Born November 4th, 1936 in Newark. [ref]

Died September 20th, 2015 at 78 years old in Hopewell (cancer). [ref]

Occupations
literary scholar, poet, translator, university teacher, writer
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde