In his later years, Williams mentored and influenced many younger poets. He had a significant influence on many of the American literary movements of the 1950s, including the Beat movement, the San Francisco Renaissance, the Black Mountain school, and the New York School.X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioai, An Introduction to Poetry, New York: Addison Wesley Longman Inc, 1998.
In his later years, Williams mentored and influenced many younger poets. He had a significant influence on many of the American literary movements of the 1950s, including the Beat movement the San Francisco Renaissance, the Black Mountain school, and the New York School.X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioai, An Introduction to Poetry, New York: Addison Wesley Longman Inc, 1998.