On Jan. 17 William Stafford would have been 96 years old. His son, Kim, celebrated by attending a Stafford birthday event and leading a writing workshop. Kim Stafford started by using Garrison Keillor ...

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 ...

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 ...

When William Stafford died in 1993, he was not the most famous or most critically acclaimed poet around, but he was certainly among the most beloved. To the many who knew him personally or through his ...

This first volume since Stafford's death three years ago at age 79 gathers works of four chapbooks published between 1990 and 1993. Stafford's second book of poems, Traveling through the Dark, won a ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Beaverton City Library is giving away 200 free copies of William Stafford's memoir, "Down in My Heart: Peace Witness in War Time," to celebrate Oregon Reads and the William Stafford Centennial.

The Friends of William Stafford will launch its 2010 series of Stafford Birthday celebrations at the West Linn Public Library at 7 p.m. on Jan. 6. The event is free and open to the public. Featured ...

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 ...

Seldom does the phrase “like father, like son” refer to such stately titles as poet laureate. But following his late father’s footsteps, Kim Stafford has just been appointed the next poet laureate of ...