The Hoboken Historical Museum presents “This is Just to Say: Honoring William Carlos Williams” on Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 4:00pm. This live public event will feature four notable poets celebrating legendary poet William Carlos Williams who made his home in Rutherford, NJ and wrote the 20th Century epic Paterson. The poets Catherine Doty, Frank Rubino, Claudia Serea, and Joel Lewis all reside in New Jersey and have been profoundly influenced by Williams. The event will be hosted by Hoboken Historical Museum’s Poet in Residence Danny Shot. It will be livestreamed on the Museum’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.

The title of the event “This Is Just To Say…” comes from Williams’ iconic sorry/not sorry poem, which has been interpreted in various ways over the years, but may have simply been a note he left for his wife on the refrigerator door after he ate all of the plums. Williams teaches us to devour poetry with the same zest.

Celebrate this special son of New Jersey with us!