The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford Mary Thomas Crane Full-color photos and maps are

Full-color photos and maps are included throughout

social injustice and racism

Examining women writers from India (Toru Dutt)

but also a shared appetite for self-destruction that threatens to overwhelm them both

The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford Mary Thomas Crane Full-color photos and maps areFinalist, 2026 Pulitzer Prize (Biography) Kirkus Reviews Best of 2025, Nonfiction When twenty nine year old Frank Stanford put three bullets in his chest on June 3, 1978, he ended a life that had been inextricably linked with poetry since childhood. Deeply influential but largely unknown outside his corner of the poetry world, this prodigy of the American South inspired a cult following that has kept his reputation and work flickering on the periphery