| Intro | American writer |
| Is | Poet |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Literature |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 1 January 1948 |
| Age: | 72 years |
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.
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 978-1-55597-255-4.
- The penultimate suitor: poems. University of Iowa Press. 2001. ISBN 978-0-87745-765-7.
Anthologies
- Michael Collier, ed. (2000). “Portrait “Fritz Kreisler““. The new American poets. UPNE. ISBN 978-0-87451-964-8.
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…