If William Stafford was alive today he’d be 103, and possibly still creating. After all, he composed a poem the day he died of a heart attack at the age of 79. Stafford was a prolific artist. Author ...

All Things Considered ends its April poetry series with poet William Stafford, a pacifist who came of age between the two world wars. NPR... A Pacifist's Plainspoken Poetry A Pacifist's Plainspoken ...

Celebrate former Oregon and Congressional Poet Laureate William Stafford by sharing original poems Saturday with friends at the Ledding Library Pond House. Featured readers will share their favorite ...

All across the state, the birthday of William Stafford, Oregon's poet laureate (Jan. 17, 1914-Aug. 28, 1993), will be celebrated with commemorative readings, including one in West Linn. The event, ...

William Stafford (1914-1993) is a distinguished American poet, having written 63 volumes of poetry and prose. His first major collection of poems, Traveling Through the Dark, won the National Book ...

This month presents many opportunities to join the worldwide birthday celebration honoring the life and work of the late William Stafford, one of Oregon’s most famous poet. Stafford published more ...

The Northwestern poet Bill Stafford died in 1993, leaving behind many books of poems and essays, along with hundreds of hand-scrawled and typed but unpublished poems and one-liners. They tend to stop ...

William Stafford was a poet, a lifelong pacifist, and National Book Award winner. He was a conscientious objector during WWII, and taught at Lewis & Clark College for decades. Through archival stills, ...

When William Stafford (1914-93) was given the National Book Award for poetry, for his 1962 collection “Traveling Through the Dark,” the judges said of his poems that “their music knows the value of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Poet, teacher and author Kim Stafford is Oregon’s ninth poet laureate. He was named to the post by Gov. Kate Brown last week for a two-year term. His father, William Stafford, held ...