Stanley Miller Williams (April 8, 1930 – January 1, 2015) was an American contemporary poet, as well as a university professor, translator and editor. He produced over 25 books and won several awards for his poetry. His accomplishments were chronicled in Arkansas Biography.

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Williams was a prolific writer, publishing thirty-seven books of poetry and prose. His most recent books of poetry are Time and the Tilting Earth: Poems (Louisiana State University Press, 2008), Some Jazz a While: Collected Poems (University of Illinois Press, 1999), and The Ways We Touch (University of Illinois Press, 1997).

Jan 7, 2015 · The year is off to a rough start with the news that Miller Williams, renowned poet and former Arkansas Times contributing writer, died New Year’s Day in a Fayetteville hospital. He...

Aug 3, 2015 · Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What seems conceit, bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone. From The Ways We Touch: Poems. Copyright 1997 by Miller Williams.

Jul 16, 2024 · Stanley Miller Williams, known professionally as Miller Williams, was one of the foremost American poets of the post–World War II era. For thirty-three years, he was a professor of English, foreign languages, and comparative literature at the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville (Washington County) and was a key figure in the ...

Miller Williams was a poet and editor. He is known for the realism of his work and its lyrical sound. His poetry spanned numerous genres and structures.

Jan 3, 2015 · Miller Williams, a poet who championed the power of everyday language and who delivered a poem at the Capitol for President Bill Clinton’s second inauguration, died on Thursday in Fayetteville,...

Poet, editor, critic, and translator Miller Williams was born in Hoxie, Arkansas in 1930, the son of a Methodist clergyman and civil rights activist. Miller’s work is known for its gritty realism as much as for its musicality.

Miller Williams (April 8, 1930 – January 1, 2015) was an American poet, translator and editor. He published 37 books of poetry and won several awards like the Henry Bellman Award, John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence, the Porter Prize Founda