书目

HouseCallsWithWilliamCarlosWilliams,MD

内容简介

“Whentheyaskme，asoflatetheyfrequentlydo，howIhaveforsomanyyearscontinuedanequalinterestinmedicineandthepoem，Ireplythattheyamountformetonearlythesamething.”—WilliamCarlosWilliamsWilliamCarlosWilliamsmadehismarkontheworldasalegendarymodernistpoet，buthefilledanequallysignificantroleonalocallevelinhisnativeNewJersey—asadoctor.Overthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury，WilliamsbuiltasuccessfulpracticeasapediatricianandOB-GYN，andwhilesomeofhispatientsmadethejourneytohisofficeintheaffluenttownofRutherford，manymorewereprivilegedwithhousecalls.HouseCallswithWilliamCarlosWilliams，MDisacollaborativeeffortbychildpsychiatristRobertColesandphotographerThomasRomatoretraceDr.Williams’rounds，whichincludedpatientsfromRutherfordallthewaynorthtoPaterson.Coles，anearlyfanofthedoctor’sliterarywork，befriendedWilliamsasayoungman，andintheearly50swasinvitedtocomealongonmanyoftheseoutings;hisexperiencesarerecountedhereinengagingfirst-personanecdotes.Romawasgivenaccesstothepatients’addressesin2001，andplottedaroutehewouldtravelwithhiscameraoverthecourseofthenextfiveyears;hisquiet，contemplativephotographsofthestreetsDr.WilliamswalkedprovideastrikingvisualcounterpointtoColes’text.SelectionsofWilliams’poetryarereproducedthroughout，includingexcerptsfromhisfive-partepic，Paterson.Theresultisanimmersiveexperience，inwhichthereadermaytravelside-by-sidewithWilliams，listeningandlearningfromthefamedpoet，doctor，andmentor.

作者简介

RobertColesisaphysicianandwriter,whocompiledandeditedTheDoctorStoriesofWilliamCarlosWilliams(NewDirections,1984)andwroteWilliamCarlosWilliams:TheKnackofSurvivalinAmerica(RutgersUniversityPress,1982).ThomasRoma,atwo-timerecipientoftheGuggenheimFellowship,hashadsoloexhibitionsattheMuseumofModernArtandtheInternationalCenterofPhotographyinNewYork.HeistheauthoroffivepowerHousetitles:EnduringJustice;Show&Tell;SicilianPassage;InPrisonAir,andlastyear’sOnThreePillars:Torah,Worship,andthePracticeofLovingKindness,TheSynagoguesofBrooklyn.HeisalsotheauthorofSanctuary(JohnsHopkinsUniversityPress,2002),HigherGround(DistributedArtPublishersInc.,1999),SunsetPark(SmithsonianBooks,1998),FoundinBrooklyn(W.W.Norton&Co.,1996),andComeSunday(MuseumofModernArt/Abrams,1996).DirectorofPhotographyatColumbiaUniversity,RomalivesinBrooklynwithhiswifeandson.,,,

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