Tom Sexton

Poet

Anchorage, AK

Alaska US

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Author's Bio

Tom Sexton is a former poet laureate of Alaska. Tom began the creative writing program at the University of Alaska Anchorage in 1970. He is now retired and spends every other winter in Eastport, Maine. He is also the former poetry editor of the Alaska Quarterly Review. His latest collection is Li Bai Rides a Celestial Dolphin Home, University of Alaska Press, 2018.

Publications & Prizes

Books:

I Think Again of Those Ancient Chinese Poets (University of Alaska Press, 2011)

For the Sake of the Light (University of Alaska Press, 2009)

Autumn in the Alaska Range (Salmon Publishing, 2000)

Leaving for a Year (Adastra Press, 1998)

The Bend Toward Asia (Salmon Run Press, 1993)

Late August on the Kenai River (Limner Press, 1992)

Terra Incognita (Solo Press, 1974)

Journals:

Hayden's Ferry Review

Paris Review

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Celtic American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Born in:

Lowell

Raised in:

Lowell, MA

Massachusetts

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Last update: May 06, 2019