num_pages: 34
description: When he wrote poems he felt as free as the Passaic River as it rushed to the falls. Willies notebooks filled up one after another. Willies words gave him freedom and peace but he also knew he needed to earn a living. So he went off to medical school and became a doctor -- one of the busiest men in town! Yet he never stopped writing poetry. In this picture book biography of William Carlos Williams Jen Bryants engaging prose and Melissa Sweets stunning mixed-media illustrations celebrate the amazing man who found a way to earn a living and to honor his calling to be a poet.
language: English
title: A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers