Peter Sears (poet)

Peter Sears
Born 1937
New York City
Died (aged 80)
Occupation Poet
Nationality American
Alma mater Yale University

Peter Sears (1937 – July 20, 2017[1]) was an American poet based in Oregon. In 2014, he was named the seventh poet laureate of the U.S. state of Oregon.[2]

Literary career

Sears was born in New York City in 1937.[3][4] He graduated from Yale University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.[2] He won the 1999 Peregrine Smith Poetry Competition and the 2000 Western States Poetry Prize for his book of poems, The Brink.[4] His first book-length collection, Tour, was published in 1987. He has also published four chapbooks of poetry and two teaching books, Secret Writing and Gonna Bake Me a Rainbow Poem. His work has been published in many magazines and literary journals, widely anthologized and included in the radio series, The Writer's Almanac. His most recent full-length book is titled Green Diver.[2]

Sears founded and managed the Oregon Literary Coalition[5] and co-founded the non-profit organization Friends of William Stafford.

Sears moved to Oregon in 1974 to teach creative writing at Reed College,[3] he also taught at the Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis & Clark College and Portland Community College. He was active in the publishing company Rubberstampmadness Inc. in Corvallis and Community of Writers in Portland.

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Sears Obituary - Oregon - Tributes.com". www.tributes.com. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  2. 1 2 3 Baker, Jeff (April 25, 2014). "Peter Sears named Oregon's new poet laureate". The Oregonian. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Biespiel, David (2006). Long journey: contemporary Northwest poets. Oregon State University Press. p. 318.
  4. 1 2 "Poetry: A chat with Corvallis poet Peter Sears". The Oregonian. April 24, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ "OBA Past Winners - Past Special Awards Recipients". Literary Arts, Inc. Retrieved May 20, 2010.

5. Portland Community College Online Staff Directory (June 17, 2016)https://www.pcc.edu/scripts/sdquery.pl?all=peter.sears%40pcc.edu

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