- Maurice Manning (Poet)
Maurice Manning (born 1966 in
Kentucky ) is an Americanwriter . His first collection of poems, "Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions" was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Award, chosen by W.S. Merwin.Maurice Manning attended
Earlham College and theUniversity of Alabama atTuscaloosa . He was formerly a professor atDePauw University and now teaches in the Creative Writing Program (MFA) atIndiana University and is on the faculty of theWarren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers .Along with
Wendell Berry ,Silas House ,Bobbie Ann Mason , George Ella Lyon, and Anne Shelby, Manning has among the core group of Kentucky writers who have been increasingly active in the fight againstmountaintop removal mining, appearing at rallys and protests throughout the state.Bibliography
*"Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions" (2001)
*"A Companion for Owls: Being the Commonplace Book of D. Boone, Long Hunter, Back Woodsman, & c." (2004)
*"Bucolics" (2007)External links
* [http://www.poems.com/feature.php?date=13644 Featured Poet: Maurice Manning]
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