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Stanley Plumly

Stanley Plumly (1939–2019) authored eleven books of poetry, including the National Book Award finalist Old Heart, and four books of nonfiction. His honors include the Paterson Poetry Prize and Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism, among others. Plumly was a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland as well Maryland’s poet laureate from 2009 to 2018.

Stanley Plumly

Awards

Shortlisted — National Book Award, 2007

Winner — Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2007

Winner — Paterson Poetry Prize, 2008

Books by Stanley Plumly

Old Heart: Poems
Stanley Plumly
Hardback, 2007
"Successor to James Wright and John Keats, with a marvelous ear for the music of contemplation."—Rita Dove
Old Heart: Poems
Stanley Plumly
Paperback, 2009
A finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Paterson Poetry Prize.
Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography
Stanley Plumly
Paperback, 2010
A Los Angeles Times Favorite Book and a Washington Post Best of 2008: “A book worthy of Keats—full of feeling and drama and those fleeting moments we call genius.”—Ted Genoways, Washington Post...
Orphan Hours: Poems
Stanley Plumly
Hardback, 2013
A luminous new volume from a National Book Award finalist and recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
Orphan Hours: Poems
Stanley Plumly
Paperback, 2013
“Combines stateliness, formal beauty and emotional urgency in rich and musical tapestries of language. . . . Every poem . . . is masterful.”—Washington Post
The Immortal Evening: A Legendary Dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb
Stanley Plumly
Hardback, 2014
A window onto the lives of the Romantic poets through the re-creation of one legendary night in 1817.
The Immortal Evening: A Legendary Dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb
Stanley Plumly
Paperback, 2016
A window onto the lives of the Romantic poets through the re-creation of one legendary night in 1817.
Elegy Landscapes: Constable and Turner and the Intimate Sublime
Stanley Plumly
Hardback, 2018
A sweeping look at the lives and work of two important English Romantic painters.
Middle Distance: Poems
Stanley Plumly
Hardback, 2020
A probing and commanding final volume from a master poet facing his own mortality.
Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography
Stanley Plumly
E Book, 2008
An acclaimed American poet reflects on the life and legacy of John Keats.