Adventures of Pi
Williams work, new or old, is potent as it is playful. While the clash and synthesis of innocent and loaded turns of phrase give the work its song, Williams depth and intentionality draw back the curtain, sometimes the flesh, to reveal the cultural, political and social baggage we ve been carrying and often denying. Spend some time with him and your assumption may not sit so easy. --Kim HunterThese poems are at once a road trip of a new type and a tour of the little known icons of our urban landscape, where brand-name objects and what might be called literary symbols get all mixed together in these verses that consider space, love and lovers, small rooms, and even smaller cars. In Adventures of Pi , Williams holds a mirror up to our own world, where everyday life moves along like traffic/accidents observed from helicopters//that fail to finger the finger/that/popped/up/ just before the pile-up. --Geoffrey Jacques