by William Heyen

Joyce Carol Oates once called William Heyen a “remarkable poet,” noting that he “writes with the wild, radiant audacity of the visionary.” W. S. Merwin praised “the urgency and authenticity” and the “plain directness” of Heyen’s voice.

This same voice rings true again this collection, Heyen’s eighteenth volume of poetry. The Confessions of Doc Williams and Other Poems is not to be missed!

The author of eighteen books of poetry, Etruscan Advisory Board member William Heyen has been awarded Fulbright, NEA, American Academy of Arts and Letters, and Guggenheim fellowships and prizes.  His Etruscan books include the anthology September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond (2002) and the poetry books A Poetics of Hiroshima (2008) and Shoah Train (2003), which was a National Book Award finalist in 2004.

Publication date: January 2006 

Read an excerpt of The Confessions of Doc Williams and Other Poems.