Peter Sears. Courtesy Oregon Cultural Trust.
| Peter Sears | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1937 New York City |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality |
 American |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
Peter Sears (born 1937) is an American poet who served as Poet Laureate of Oregon.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Sears was born in New York City in 1937.[1][2]
He graduated from Yale University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.[3]
Career[]
Peter Sears, Oregon Poet Laureate
Sears moved to Oregon in 1974 to teach creative writing at Reed College,[1] and has since taught for the Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis & Clark College. He is active in the publishing company Rubberstampmadness Inc. in Corvallis and Community of Writers in Portland.
His debut book-length collection, Tour, was published in 1987. He has also published 4 chapbooks of poetry and 2 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 Writer's Almanac radio series. .[3]
Sears founded and manages the Oregon Literary Coalition[4] and co-founded the non-profit organization Friends of William Stafford.
Recognition[]
Sears won the 1999 Peregrine Smith Poetry Competition and the 2000 Western States Poetry Prize for his book of poems, The Brink.[2]
In 2014, Sears was named the 7th Oregon Poet Laureate.[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Bike Run. Independence, MO: Raindust Press, 1977; Portland, OR: Breakwater, Press, [198-?]
- I Want to Be a Crowd: Poems and commentary. Portland, OR: Breitenbush, 1978.
- The Lady who Got Me to Say so Long Mom: Poems. Portland, OR: Trask House, 1979.
- Icehouse Beach. Wollaston, MA: Chowder Chapbooks, 1983.
- Tour: New and selected poems. Portland, OR: Breitenbush Books, 1987.
- Green Diver: Poems. Cincinnati, OH: CW Books, 2009.
- Luge: A chapbook of poems. Corvallis, OR: Cloudbank Books, 2010.
- Small Talk: Poems new and selected. Spokane, WA: Lynx House Press, 2014.
Novel[]
- The Brink. Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2000.
Non-fiction[]
- Secret writing: Keys to the mysteries of reading and writing. New York: Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1986.
Peter Sears, "Bad Day"
- Gonna Bake Me a Rainbow Poem: A student guide to writing poetry. New York: Scholastic, 1990.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]
See also[]
| Preceded by Paulann Petersen |
Oregon Poet Laureate 2014- |
Succeeded by |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biespiel, David (2006). Long journey: contemporary Northwest poets. Oregon State University Press. p. 318. http://books.google.com/books?ei=4ixhU_6oLOm72wWnnoCIBQ&id=vcNlAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22peter+sears%22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Poetry: A chat with Corvallis poet Peter Sears". The Oregonian. April 24, 2010. http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2010/04/poetry_a_chat_with_corvallis_p.html. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Baker, Jeff (April 25, 2014). "Peter Sears named Oregon's new poet laureate". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2014/04/peter_sears_named_oregons_new.html. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
- ↑ "OBA Past Winners - Past Special Awards Recipients". Literary Arts, Inc.. http://www.literary-arts.org/awards/past_special_awards.php. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ↑ Search results = au:Peter Sears, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Dec. 9, 2018.
External links[]
- Poems
- Peter Sears at the Cortland Review (2 poems)
- Peter Sears at Spork Press (4 poems)
- Peter Sears in Oregon Poetic Voices (5 poems)
- Books
- Peter Sears at Amazon.com
- About
- Peter Sears at Oregon Poet Laureate
- Peter Sears Official website
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