Mary Leader

Mary Leader (born 1948 Pawnee, Oklahoma is a poet, and former Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma.

Life

She graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1975, with a J.D. in 1980, from Warren Wilson College with a M.F.A. in 1991, and from Brandeis University with a Ph.D. in 2000. She taught at Warren Wilson College, Emory University, Louisiana State University, the University of Memphis, and Brandeis University. She teaches at Purdue University.^{[1] [2]}

Awards

• 1996 National Poetry Series, for Red Signature
• 2001 Iowa Poetry Prize, for The Penultimate Suitor

Works

• "For the Love of Gerald Finzi"; "IT OPENS"; "WATER", Beloit Poetry Journal
• "Girl at Sewing Machine", Emory University

• Red Signature. Graywolf Press. 1997. ISBN 9781555972554. 
• The penultimate suitor: poems. University of Iowa Press. 2001. ISBN 9780877457657. 

Anthologies

• Michael Collier, ed (2000). "Portrait "Fritz Kreisler"". The new American poets. UPNE. ISBN 9780874519648. http://books.google.com/books?id=s05KPXEpvjwC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=Mary+Leader+poet+Assistant+Attorney+General+of+Oklahoma.&source=bl&ots=-6uPndyPmQ&sig=Gte40vc6w5z0qmPMkY3RvTd0eS4&hl=en&ei=AEuySvu0M4SGMeeWjcgL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 

Reviews

The Penultimate Suitor, which received the Iowa Poetry Prize this year, follows through on its predecessor's promise--it soars whimsically around the relationship between love and fine art, dabbles in traditional form, and generally gives the impression that the poet is having a really good time, as is charmingly evident on the first page of the book...^[3]

References

1. ^ http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/directory/Faculty/Leader,_Mary.html
2. ^ http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/lp-2001/leader.html
3. ^ "Review", Raintaxi, Arielle Greenberg, Summer 2001

External links

• The Writer's Almanac
• An Interview with Mary Leader at Sycamore Review.

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