Stanley Plumly (May 23, 1939 – April 11, 2019) was an American poet and the director of University of Maryland, College Park's creative writing program.

Biography

Plumly was born in Barnesville, Ohio in a working class family with a farmland. He grew up in Ohio and Virginia. His working-class upbringing on farmland would feature heavily in his poetry and books. His upbringing was also influenced by Quakerism. He graduated from Wilmington College in Ohio and taught for a number of years at Ohio University, where he helped found The Ohio Review. He taught the writing program at the University of Maryland from 2009. He was called "the most English American poet" and held Keats in high regard. Plumly died on April 11, 2019, in Frederick, Maryland, at the age 79 of multiple myeloma.

Poetry

Collections

List of poems

As editor

Nonfiction

Honors

Fellowships