Randall Williams

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For the similarly named American football player, see Randal Williams.

Randall Williams (born December 19, 1977 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American poet. In 2005, he was:

• named "one of America's hot shot poets" for 2005 by Octopus Magazine,
• featured in the Carolina Quarterly as an emerging writer, and
• had his work highlighed by the Talisman journal as an important contribution to North Carolina's literature.

Poet and critic Ken Rumble described Williams's work as, "characterized by an open heart and high pressurized environment for language." His work often features multiple stories grafted onto each other.

Williams lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

[edit] References

• Talisman: Journal of Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. (Hoboken, NJ)
• MiPOesias Magazine: Randall Williams
• Douchebag Magazine.
• total douchebag award from WIRED magazine ZING 2006
• crybaby extraordinaire award from FHM magazine May 2006

[edit] External links

• Octopus Magazine: [1]
• Current Writings: [2]