A Visit to William Blake's Inn

Fine. I mean, I didn't get any of this. Who is William Blake? Yeah yeah, I'm a philistine. But srs, this book is charming and weird, and is probably catnip for Blake fans. Whoever that guy is. I'm having vague high school English class memories...

Am I missing something? Why in the world was this book chosen for the Newbery? What do any of these poems have to do with William Blake? Did he have an inn? If he did not have a real inn, what is meant by his imaginary inn? Tedious. Boring, boring, boring.

I must find someone who loves this book to share what he loves about it.