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Poet Laureate
Maryland Poet Laureate Stanley Plumly (foreground); Governor Martin O'Malley (background). Photo Credit: Rick Lippenholtz
From left to right - Alice McDermott, Maryland Poet Laureate Selection Committee Chair; Maryland Poet Laureate Stanley Plumly; Governor Martin O'Malley. Photo Credit: Rick Lippenholtz
Stanley Plumly was appointed the ninth Poet Laureate of Maryland on October 1, 2009 by Governor Martin O'Malley. He is the author of nine books of poetry, including Old Heart (Norton, 2008), which won the Los Angeles Times Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2007. Most recently, Mr. Plumly has authored Posthumous Keats (Norton, 2008), a “personal biography” of the English poet, John Keats, which has received widespread critical acclaim by reviewers for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, The New Yorker, among others, and his poems, essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in many of the country’s best periodicals and newspapers.
Stanley Plumly is the recipient of numerous awards including eight Pushcart Prizes, the Paterson Poetry Prize (2007), an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2002), and a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation (2001).
The Poet Laureate position was formally established by the Maryland General Assembly in 1959 (Chapter 178, Acts of 1959; Code State Government Article, sec. 13-306) and authorizes the Governor to appoint a citizen of the State as Poet Laureate of Maryland.
Poet Laureates have served for the State since the inception of this Act in 1959. Past Poet Laureates include (in order of service): Maria B. Coker, Vincent Godfrey Burns, Lucille Clifton, Reed Whittemore, Linda Pastan, Roland Flint, Michael Collier, and Michael Glaser.
The Poet Laureate of Maryland is an honorary State position in which the individual selected will serve at the discretion of the Governor for up to a four-year term renewable by the Governor’s consent. The Poet Laureate will provide public readings for the citizens of Maryland, ensuring that people in all geographic regions of the State have access to at least one reading during the term of service. As an honorary position the Poet Laureate will not receive compensation, though limited reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of duties is available.
STANLEY PLUMLY INFORMATION AND INTERVIEWS
POET LAUREATE APPEARANCES - IN MARYLAND
APRIL 15, 2010 at 2:00 PM | Maryland Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
415 Park Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201
APRIL 17, 2010 | CityLit Festival Presented by the CityLit Project
Enoch Pratt Library
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-396-5430
APRIL 22, 2010 | Wor-Wic Community College
32000 Campus Drive
Salisbury, MD 21804
Phone: 410-334-2800
MAY 21, 2010 at 1:00 PM | Kenwood High School
501 Stemmers Run Road
Essex, MD 21221
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 at 1:00 PM | Queen Anne School
14111 Oak Grove Road
Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
Phone: 301-249-5000
POET LAUREATE APPEARANCES - OUT-OF-STATE
JUNE 9-12, 2010 | Writer's Conference at Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
AUGUST 16-23, 2010 | Bread Loaf Writer's Conference at Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont | Mr. Plumly will give a reading and lecture
The photos below are from the Poet Laureate's recent visit to Parkville High School in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Stanley Plumly, Maryland Poet Laureate.
Audience members listen to the Poet Laureate.
From left to right: Stephen Devorah (English Department), Laura Revere (English Chairperson), Stephen Edgar (Principal), Stanley Plumly (Poet Laureate), Judy Dobbs (Program Officer, Maryland Humanities Council).
For more information, email Christine Stewart, or call her at 410-767-6476.
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