W. E. Butts

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Walter E. Butts
Born(1944-09-12)September 12, 1944
DiedMarch 1, 2013(2013-03-01) (aged 68)
Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
Alma materVermont College of Fine Arts
GenrePoetry

Walter E. Butts (September 12, 1944 – March 31, 2013) was an American poet and the

Poet Laureate of New Hampshire.[1] His book Sunday Evening at the Stardust Café was a finalist for the 2005 Philip Levine Prize in Poetry from the California State University, Fresno, and won the Iowa Source Poetry Book Prize. He has also received a Pushcart Prize
nomination.

His work has been published in such literary journals as the Atlanta Review, Poetry East, Cimarron Review, Mid-American Review,[2] Slant, PoetryMotel, Poet Lore and Spillway and has been anthologized in Emerson of Harvard (2003), Tokens: Contemporary Poetry of the Subway (P&Q Press, New York), and The Anthology of Magazine Verse & Yearbook of American Poetry (1997). He has also written reviews of other poets' works, including Tell Them We Were Here by David Kelly, a Rochester, New York–area poet.

Until the late 1970s, Butts lived in

Public Broadcasting
stations.

Butts received his M.F.A. from the

Hesser College campus in Manchester and at the low residency Bachelor of Fine Arts program at Goddard College.[3][4]
He was cited in the 2002 edition of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.

In addition to teaching, Butts also co-edited Walking to Windward: Poets of New England, Volume 3 (Oyster River Press, 2001) and was the co-editor and publisher (with his wife S Stephanie) of the literary magazine Crying Sky: Poetry & Conversation.[5]

Published works

Full-length poetry collections
  • Cathedral of Nervous Horses: New and Selected Poems (Hobblebush Books, 2012)
  • Sunday Evening at the Stardust Café (1st World Library, 2006)
  • Movies in a Small Town (Mellen Poetry Press, 1997)
Chapbooks
  • Story & Luck. Adastra Press, 2015.
  • What to Say If the Birds Ask (Pudding House Publications, 2007)
  • Sunday Factory (Finishing Line Press, 2006)
  • White Bees (Oyster River Press, 2001)
  • A Season of Crows (Igneus Press, 2000)
  • The Required Dance (Igneus Press, 1990)
  • The Inheritance (Four Zoas Press, 1983)

References

  1. ^ "NH Poet Laureate W. E. Butts Remembered | New Hampshire Public Radio". Nhpr.org. 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
  2. ^ Mid-American Review, Volume XXV, No. 1 - Fall 2004 Table of Contents Archived September 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ New Hampshire State Council on the Arts - New Hampshire's Poet Laureate > Walter E. Butts, 2009 - 2014
  4. ^ New Hampshire State Council on the Arts: Arts & Artists > New Hampshire Poet Showcase: W.E. Butts > From NH Poet Laureate, Pat Fargnoli
  5. ^ Crying Sky: Poetry & Conversation > About Us Page

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