David Ray
David Ray is a poet, essayist, and memoirist who has written twenty-three books. He was born in Depression-era Oklahoma and taught creative writing and literature at several US universities. He founded New Letters magazine and its radio program. He died in August 2024 at age 92, according to a KC Studio tribute.
Books
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After Tagore: Poems Inspired by Rabindranath Tagore
2008 · Nirala Publications
Buy on BookshopMusic of Time: Selected and New Poems
2006 · The Backwaters Press
Buy on BookshopThe Death of Sardanapalus and Other Poems of the Iraq Wars
2004 · Howling Dog Press
Buy on BookshopOne Thousand Years: Poems About the Holocaust
2003 · Timberline Press (MO)
Buy on BookshopFathers: A Collection of Poems
1999 · St. Martin's Griffin
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Kangaroo Paws
1994 · Thomas Jefferson University Press