Points of Departure

"One of our very finestpoets in full stride." -- HarvardReview, on Adjusting to the LightA 1995 recipient of the AcademyAward in Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, MillerWilliams is one of America's best known and loved poets. He also has wonthe prestigious Poets' Prize; the Amy Lowell Award in Poetry, presentedby Harvard University; the Prix de Rome for Literature from the AmericanAcademy of Arts and Letters, and many others.Williams's newest collectionis built of the idiom of ordinary speech. Mostly narrative and dramatic,these indelible poems are populated by individuals who go about theirlives much as all of us do; in fear of pain and loneliness, in hope ofsomething like love. The breath of Williams's talent gives them life,his honesty and precision make them unforgettable.