FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Sept. 2 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:
The University of Arkansas Press has published Letters of a Poet Dying, the first collection of correspondence by the acclaimed poet Frank Stanford (1948-1978).
Born in southeastern Mississippi, Stanford spent most of his brief life in northern Arkansas, where he studied, fell in love, founded a publishing company, and wrote prolifically before taking his own life at age twenty-nine. Written during his twenties, these strikingly original letters, postcards, and book inscriptions were addressed to dozens of poets, editors, friends, lovers, and family members. Together, they offer an intimate look at Stanford's life and his complicated, often tumult...