Mary Leader
Mary Leader (born January 9, 1948) is an American poet and lawyer.
Mary Leader
- Name
- Mary Leader
- Born
- 9 January 1948
- Birthplace
- Pawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Poet
- Education
- Oklahoma State University University of Oklahoma (BA, JD) Warren Wilson College (MFA) Brandeis University (PhD)
- Nationality
- United States
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• Name — Mary Leader • Born — 9 January 1948 • Birthplace — Pawnee, Oklahoma, U.S. • Occupation — * Poet • lawyer • Education — Oklahoma State University University of Oklahoma (BA, JD) Warren Wilson College (MFA) Brandeis University (PhD) • Parents — Joe Hauser Privett Katherine Jo Haddox
Life
Life
Mary Leader was born on January 9, 1948, in Pawnee, Oklahoma, to Katherine Jo (Haddox) Privett, a poet, and Joe Hauser Privett, a clothing merchant.
Education
Education
• Attended Oklahoma State University • Bachelor of Arts, Oklahoma University • Juris Doctor, Oklahoma University • Master of Fine Arts, MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College • Doctor of Philosophy, Brandeis University
Career
Career
• Assistant Oklahoma Attorney General • Legal Assistant, Oklahoma Court of Appeals • Referee, Oklahoma Supreme Court • Visiting Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University • Associate Professor, University of Memphis • Full Professor, Purdue University
Books
• Red Signature, Graywolf Press. • The Penultimate Suitor, University of Iowa Press. • Beyond the Fire, Shearsman Books. • She Lives There Still, Shearsman Books. • The Distaff Side, Shearman Books.
Awards
• Emory University Creative Writing Fellowship • National Poetry Series • Chad Walsh Poetry Prize • Iowa Poetry Prize
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