- Peter Sears
Peter Sears is an American poet based in
Oregon .He was born in
New York , and grew up in theEast Coast of the United States . He graduated fromYale University and theIowa Writers' Workshop . He won the 1999 Peregrine Smith Poetry Competition for his book of poems, "The Brink". His first book-length collection, "Tour", was published in 1987. He has also published four chapbooks of poetry and two teaching books, "Secret Writing" and "Gonna Bake Me a Rainbow Poem". His work has been published in many magazines and literary journals, widely anthologized and included in the radio series, "The Writer's Almanac ".Sears founded and manages the
Oregon Literary Coalition and co-foundedThe Friends of William Stafford . He formerly taught creative writing atReed College and has since taught for theNorthwest Writing Institute atLewis & Clark College . He is active in the publishing company Rubberstampmadness Inc. in Corvallis and Community of Writers in Portland.Peter Sears has a well-earned reputation for promoting the literature of other writers, both from his teaching and time spent with the
Oregon Arts Commission .ee also
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William Stafford (poet)
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