Miller Williams

Miller Williams (April 8, 1930 – January 1, 2015) was an American contemporary poet, as well as a translator and editor. He wrote over 25 books and won several awards for his poetry. He was perhaps best known for reading a poem at President Clinton's 1997 inauguration. One of his best-known poems was "The Shrinking Lonesome Sestina."

Williams suffered from spina bifida.Domains: Country House He died in Fayetteville, Arkansas from Alzheimer's disease, aged 84.

Books
 A Circle of Stone, 1965
 So Long at the Fair, 1968
 Halfway from Hoxie, 1973
 Why God Permits Evil, 1977, Louisiana State University Press
 The Boys on Their Bony Mules, 1983, Louisiana State University Press
 Patterns of Poetry, 1986, Louisiana State University Press
 Living on the Surface, 1989
 Adjusting to the Light, 1992, University of Missouri Press
 Points of Departure, 1994
 The Ways We Touch: Poems, 1997, University of Illinois Press
 Some Jazz a While: Collected Poems, 1999, University of Illinois Press, 
 Making a Poem: Some Thoughts About Poetry and the People Who Write It, 2006, Louisiana State University Press, 
 Time and the Tilting Earth: Poems, 2008, Louisiana State University Press, 

 Related pages 
List of poets from North America

References

Other websites
 Farnsworth, Elizabeth. Jan. 16, 1996. Interview with Miller Williams. American Poetry/PBS Online Newshour.  
 Rosenthal, Harry. Jan 20, 1997. "Poet Addresses Inaugural Event." Washington Post. 
"Miller Williams." 2003. Entry in Contemporary Authors Online. Gale.
Gatewood, Willard B. October 28, 2009. "Miller Williams." Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture

More reading
 Burns, Michael (ed.) 1991. Miller Williams and the Poetry of the Particular. Columbia, Mo: University of Missouri Press.
 Correspondence and other materials. Miller Williams Collection, 1950–1995. Fayetteville, Ar: University of Arkansas Libraries, Special Collections Division, Manuscript Collection 1387.  http://libinfo.uark.edu/specialcollections/findingaids/todd.html

Category:1930 births
Category:2015 deaths
Category:American poets
Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
Category:Disease-related deaths in Arkansas
Category:Writers from Arkansas