Mary Leader (born January 9, 1948) is an American poet and lawyer.
Life
Mary Leader was born on January 9,1948, in Pawnee, Oklahoma, to Katherine Jo (Haddox) Privett, a poet, and Joe Hauser Privett, a clothing merchant.
Awards
Emory University Creative Writing Fellowship
National Poetry Series
Chad Walsh Poetry Prize
Iowa Poetry Prize
Books
Red Signature, Graywolf Press. ISBN 978-1-55597-255-1
The Penultimate Suitor, University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-0-87745-748-4
Beyond the Fire, Shearsman Books. ISBN 978-1-84861-122-1
She Lives There Still, Shearsman Books. ISBN 978-1-84861-584-7
The Distaff Side, Shearman Books. ISBN 978-1-84861-806-0
Education
Attended Oklahoma State University
Bachelor of Arts, Oklahoma University
Juris Doctor, Oklahoma University
Master of Fine Arts, MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College
Doctor of Philosophy, Brandeis University
Career
Assistant Oklahoma Attorney General
Legal Assistant, Oklahoma Court of Appeals
Referee, Oklahoma Supreme Court
Visiting Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University
Associate Professor, University of Memphis
Full Professor, Purdue University
External links
Shearsman Books http://www.shearsman.com/store/Leader-Mary-c28271805
Writer's Almanac https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=1999%252F04%252F05.html "Girl at Sewing Machine", Emory University http://english.emory.edu/classes/paintings&poems/sewing.html "For the Love Gerald Finzi", Beloit Poetry Journal https://www.bpj.org/works/v66n3-4p037-for-the-love-of-gerald-finzi-leader