Aliki barnstone poet laureate list

Missouri has a new poet laureate: Aliki Barnstone, a professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia, appointed last week by Gov.

Jay Nixon. Barnstone has published seven books of poetry; her first was published when she was 12; her eighth, Dwelling, is expected this fall.

Barnstone succeeds William Trowbridge, who was appointed to the two-year job in 2012 but appeared headed into his fourth year until Barnstone's appointment.

Aliki barnstone poet laureate list

(Listen to his "Unofficial Missouri Poem" here.)

The job of poet laureate is generally what the poet makes of it. At the very least, Barnstone will spend the next couple of years reading and lecturing about poetry to school and community groups around the state.

We asked her to begin fulfilling those duties (as we did for Kansas Poet Laureate Eric McHenry when he was appointed last year) by giving poets three pieces of writing advice.

Over a spotty phone connection from Greece, where Barns