Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
"The Kermess" is also sometimes called "The Peasant Dance," which might be useful for you to know if you Google image search this bad boy. (Source.)
Many, of the young poets Williams mentored went on to be really big deals in their own right. You know, like that guy Allen Ginsberg, who said that Williams totally blew his mind and made him the poet he was. Williams even wrote the introduction to Ginsberg's controversial debut, Howl. (Source.)
Brueghel had two sons named Pieter and Jan who also became super-famous painters, though everybody pretty much agrees that they never outdid their dear old dad (sorry, fellas). (Source.)
Williams self-published his first book of poetry in 1909 and sold only four copies at the local bookstore (bummer). The rest of the copies were stored under a chicken coop, which accidentally burned down ten years later (bigger bummer). (Source.)
Williams was not afraid to talk smack about T.S Elliot. For example, he called is his fellow poet's widely loved poem, The Wasteland, "the great catastrophe."
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