Paul Lake (1951-2022)[1] was an American poet, essayist, and professor at Arkansas Tech University. Another Kind of Travel won the Porter Fund Award for Literary Excellence.[2]
In addition, he won the Richard Wilbur Award for poetry in 2006.
He graduated from Towson University with a B.A. and from Stanford University with an M.A.[3][4] He had served as the poetry editor for First Things.[5]
Works
edit- Lake, Paul (1988). Another kind of travel. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-46808-9. OCLC 16004321.
- Lake, Paul (1999). Walking backward : poems. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press. ISBN 1-885266-72-3. OCLC 40901228.
- Lake, Paul (2008). Cry wolf : a political fable. Dallas, Tex.: BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-933771-42-7. OCLC 182735228.
Novel
edit- Lake, Paul (1994). Among the immortals : a novel. Brownsville, OR: Story Line Press. ISBN 0-934257-73-6. OCLC 29955084.
Awards
edit- Porter Fund Award for Literary Excellence (1988)
- Richard Wilbur Award (2006)
References
edit- ^ "Paul Lake III Obituary (1951 - 2022) the Courier". Legacy.com.
- ^ Faculty Lake[dead link]
- ^ "Paul Lake". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
- ^ "Poet of the Month: Paul Lake". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
- ^ "First Things Masthead". www.firstthings.com. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
External links
edit- "Only Connect: A Conversation With Paul Lake", Perihelion, Joan Houlihan
- Guest Essayist: Paul Lake
- "Laureate of the Plains: Timothy Murphy's Very Far North", Contemporary Poetry Review
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry
- Reviews