Paul Lake (1951-2022) was an American poet, essayist, and professor at Arkansas Tech University. Another Kind of Travel won the Porter Fund Award for Literary Excellence. In addition, he won the Richard Wilbur Award for poetry in 2006.
He graduated from Towson University with a B.A. and from Stanford University with an M.A. He had served as the poetry editor for First Things.
Works
Novel
Awards
Porter Fund Award for Literary Excellence (1988) Richard Wilbur Award (2006)
References
External links
"Only Connect: A Conversation With Paul Lake", Perihelion, Joan Houlihan
Guest Essayist: Paul Lake
"Laureate of the Plains: Timothy Murphy's Very Far North", Contemporary Poetry Review Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry Reviews Walking Backward