Paul Lake (poet)

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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]

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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]

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References

  1. "Paul Lake III Obituary (1951 - 2022) the Courier". Legacy.com .
  2. Faculty Lake [ dead link ]
  3. "Paul Lake". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
  4. "Poet of the Month: Paul Lake". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
  5. "First Things Masthead". www.firstthings.com. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
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