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Born and raised on the windswept prairies of northwest Wyoming, Alan Swallow (1915 1966) nurtured a passion for literature and poetry at an early age. Quickly realizing he was not suited to a life of farming and ranching, Swallow entered the University of Wyoming to study literature and earned a fellowship to further his studies at Louisiana State Univer-sity. It was there, under the influence of Robert Penn Warren and Cleanth Brooks, that Swallow began his almost three-decade long career as a publisher, teacher, and poet.
This outstanding biography is the first to explore the...

This edifying volume presents mini-biographies of key British and American poets who at one time or another worked as journalists. Poets covered range from the famous to the obscure: Whittier to Whitman, Kipling to Bryant, Coleridge to Crane. Writing in a direct, straightforward style W. Dale Nelson tells each writer s story, often relating how the poet in question felt about the journalistic experience and its impact upon creative work. Archbold MacLeish wrote "young poets are advised by their elders to avoid the practice of journalism as they would set socks and gin before breakfast." On...