Born in Hutchinson, Kansas, William Stafford was reared in small towns on the Kansas plains. In 1937 he received a B.A. and in 1946 an M.A. from the University of Kansas at Lawrence. He received his P...
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In 1992, just months before his death, William Stafford responded to a call from the U.S. Forest Service to write a series of poems to appear on signs at scenic turnouts on the highway that twists thr...
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William Stafford was born in Kansas in 1914. In the small town of Hutchinson, Stafford grew up with supportive parents, that both inspired him and taught him to love literature. Unlike other poets of ...
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William (Edgar) Stafford
