Stanley Plumly | |
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 Plumly in 2013 | |
| Born | (1939-05-23)May 23, 1939 Barnesville, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | April 11, 2019(2019-04-11) (aged 79) Frederick, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Wilmington College Ohio University |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Spouse | Margaret (Forian) Plumly |
Stanley Plumly (May 23, 1939 – April 11, 2019)[1] was an American poet and the director of University of Maryland, College Park's creative writing program.
Plumly was born in Barnesville, Ohio. He grew up in Ohio and Virginia. His father was a lumberjack and welder; his mother was a homemaker.[2] His working-class upbringing on farmland would feature heavily in his poetry and books.[3] His upbringing was influenced by Quakerism.[2]
He obtained a BA at Wilmington College in Ohio and studied for, but did not complete, a PhD at Ohio University. He taught for a number of years at Ohio University, where he helped found The Ohio Review. He taught the writing program at the University of Maryland from 2009.[4] He was called "the most English American poet"[3] and held Keats in very high regard.[2]
Plumly died on April 11, 2019, in Frederick, Maryland, at the age of 79. The cause of death was multiple myeloma.[5]
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
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| Brownfields | 2013 | Plumly, Stanley (June 10–17, 2013). "Brownfields". The New Yorker. Vol. 89, no. 17. pp. 82–83. |
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