Leon Stokesbury

Leon Stokesbury
Leon Stokesbury
Born	1945; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	November 13, 2018 (aged 72–73)
Education	University of Arkansas (MFA); Florida State University (PhD)
Occupation	Poet
	Writing career
Notable awards	Porter Prize (1985); Poets' Prize (1998)

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

Life

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.

"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.

James Tate; David Lehman, eds. (1997). "Evening's End". The Best American Poetry 1997. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-81452-0.
Dave Smith; David Bottoms, eds. (1985). The Morrow anthology of younger American poets. Quill. ISBN 978-0-688-03450-4.

Leon Stokesbury, ed. (1990). Articles of war: a collection of American poetry about World War II. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-55728-149-4.
The Made Thing: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern Poetry. University of Arkansas Press. 1999. ISBN 978-1-55728-579-9. Leon Stokesbury. 2nd edition.
The Light the Dead See: The Selected Poems of Frank Stanford. Ed. Leon Stokesbury. University of Arkansas Press 1991.

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

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Leon Stokesbury
Born	1945 (1945) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	November 13, 2018(2018-11-13) (aged 72–73)
Education	University of Arkansas (MFA) Florida State University (PhD)
Occupation	Poet
Writing career
Notable awards	Porter Prize (1985) Poets' Prize (1998)