The next poet comes to us from Phoenix.
She is Ramona Weeks, a native Arizonan presently living
in Phoenix.
Her poetry has appeared in most of the major literary
quarterlies, including Yale Review, Sewanee Review, Kenyon
Review, Shenandoah, New Mexico Quarterly, The Southwest
Review.
Her work was featured in Best Poems of 1968
and Best Poems of 1969.
She was the recipient of a $500 grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts for a poem reprinted
in the new American literary anthology number two, published
by Random House.
Her poems have also appeared in Poetry Northwest, Descant,
Motive, Transatlantic Review, Quest,
The Little Review, Denver Quarterly, Chicago Review,
and others.
She has published nine books for juveniles.
Mrs. Weeks is the co-founder and editor
of Inscape Magazine, one of the leading
little literary magazines in Arizona.
And of Baleen Press which publishes
Arizona poets and southwestern poets particularly.
She is currently working as the editor of the Arizona
Teacher, which is published by the Arizona Education
Association.
She's a very, very busy lady and a very important lady.
Gives me great pleasure to present also a very fine poet,
Ramona Weeks.
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