as a kind of bloodless version of a Caesarian birth, but [Herbert] Leibowitz is terrific at conveying the confusion, uncertainty and doggedness of the life of the artist intent on discoveries. He can also be elegant in characterizing the cross-over between Williams the doctor and Williams the poet, as when, commenting on the splendid untitled poem from "Spring and All" that begins "By the road to the contagious hospital," Leibowitz notes that [William Carlos] Williams was, by this point in his workhorse writing life, listening "to the acoustic properties of words with the same care and skill he devoted to the beating of a patient's heart."from The New York Times: So Much Depends
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