Will Inman (poet)

Will Inman (born William Archibald McGirt, Jr.) was born on May 4, 1923 in Wilmington, North Carolina, and graduated from Duke University in 1943. He worked in a shipyard during World War II, and became an activist in 1947 after summers of work in the Blue Ridge mountains. A trade union member, he was called before the Un-American Activities Committee in 1956, then moved to New York to begin life anew, working in libraries while focusing on writing in his free time. In 1967 he was appointed Poet-in-Residence at American University, teaching there and at Montgomery College. His letters, manuscripts, and publications are collected at Duke University and at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He has also been an activist for many humanist causes including anti-war and gay rights efforts. He is now residing in Tucson, Arizona.

Selected Bibliography

* "Surfings: Selected Poems" (Howling Dog Press, 2005)
* "Leaps of Hope and Fury" (forthcoming, Pudding Press, ed. David Ray)