Mary Leader

Mary Leader (born 1948 Pawnee, Oklahoma is a poet, and former assistant attorney general of Oklahoma.

Life

She graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1975, with a J.D. in 1980, from Warren Wilson College with a M.F.A. in 1991, and from Brandeis University with a Ph.D. in 2000. She taught at Warren Wilson College, Emory University, Louisiana State University, the University of Memphis, and Brandeis University. She teaches at Purdue University.[1] [2]

Awards

Works

  • "For the Love of Gerald Finzi"; "IT OPENS"; "WATER", Beloit Poetry Journal
  • "Girl at Sewing Machine", Emory University
  • Red Signature. Graywolf Press. 1997. ISBN 978-1-55597-255-4.
  • The penultimate suitor: poems. University of Iowa Press. 2001. ISBN 978-0-87745-765-7.

Anthologies

Reviews

The Penultimate Suitor, which received the Iowa Poetry Prize this year, follows through on its predecessor's promise--it soars whimsically around the relationship between love and fine art, dabbles in traditional form, and generally gives the impression that the poet is having a really good time, as is charmingly evident on the first page of the book...[3]

References

  1. http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/directory/Faculty/Leader,_Mary.html Archived 2009-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-09-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Review", Raintaxi, Arielle Greenberg, Summer 2001 Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine


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