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Leon Stokesbury

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Leon Stokesbury
Born1945 (1945)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedNovember 13, 2018(2018-11-13) (aged 72–73)
OccupationPoet
EducationUniversity of Arkansas (MFA)
Florida State University (PhD)
Notable awardsPorter Prize (1985)
Poets' Prize (1998)

Leon Stokesbury (1945 Oklahoma City – November 13, 2018[1]) was an American poet.

Life

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He graduated from the University of Arkansas with an MFA, and earned his Ph.D. at Florida State University. He taught creative writing at Georgia State University.[2]

Awards

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  • 1999 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
  • 1998 Poets' Prize
  • 1990 Robert Frost Fellowship in Poetry from the Breadloaf Writers Conference
  • 1992 Distinguished Georgia Poet of the Year Award
  • 1985 Porter Prize

Works

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  • "Unsent Letter to My Brother in His Pain", Good Times Santa Cruz
  • Autumn Rhythm: New and Selected Poems. University of Arkansas Press. 1996. ISBN 978-1-55728-438-9.
  • The Drifting Away. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. 1986. ISBN 978-0-938626-51-0.
  • The royal nonesuch. Anhinga Press. 1984. ISBN 978-0-938078-17-3.
  • Chance of showers. Florida State University. 1984.
  • Often in Different Landscapes. Austin: University of Texas Press. 1976. ISBN 9780292760042.
  • You are Here: Poems New and Old. University of Arkansas Press. 2016.
  • The Drifting Away of All We Once Held Essential. Trilobite Press. 1979.

Anthologies

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Editor

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References

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  1. ^ "Leon Stokesbury". Legacy.com. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Department of English | People". Archived from the original on 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
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