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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]

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

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  • 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.

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Awards

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References

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  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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