Paterson (poem) caught Williams' attention for its use, with a technical skill that seemed to rival Pound's in "The Cantos", of such diverse and seemingly prosaic materials as notes from a congressional investigation, an X-ray report and a physician's testimony on cross-examination. He wrote to fellow poet Louis Zukofsky, "I've begun to think about poetic form again. So much has to be thought out and written out there before we can have any solid criticism and consequently well-grounded work here." In 1944, Williams read a poem by Byron Vazakas in "Partisan Review" that would help lead him to solutions in form and
Sleep No More (The Comsat Angels album) when the offices were closed!" Fellows felt the album "Sleep No More" had a unique quality among the band's work: "The only [album] which had a 'thread' through it was "Sleep No More", the 'thread' was the sound we wanted to get." Critics recognized it as a great follow-up to "Waiting for a Miracle". AllMusic later said, ""Sleep No More" is certainly more powerful, and it's also a greater achievement. Here The Comsat Angels became one of the era's exceptional bands." In a 1981 review, Mark Cooper of "Sounds" wrote that it was "an album that is head and shoulders