I've always really liked WCW's poetry. I found this a fascinating autobiography. He was a rounded man with a real doctoring job and a wide range of friends and experiences. The autobiography flows very smoothly and easily and gives you good insight into the times. This was to me a momentous period in the history of poetry, imagine all these folks Williams, Pound sitting around in the early 20th century, smoking, jawing, it's almost unreal and Williams gives a good picture of it...and also how you can be a poet with a real job (as hardworking physician) as opposed to faculty at Harvard. An easy read and a good one.