George Stanley open workshop
George Stanley
Born in San Francisco, poet George Stanley has lived in British Columbia since the early 1970s, first in Vancouver, then in Terrace and now back in Vancouver. A former English instructor at Capilano College, he has published eight books: After Desire: The Observations of a Poet, Vancouver: A Poem, At Andy’s, Gentle Northern Summer, Opening Day, The Stick and You. He won the 2006 Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. In 1957, Stanley participated in Jack Spicer’s Poetry as Magic workshop, a Poetry Center-hosted program held at San Francisco Main Public Library, with the readings from the group archived by the Poetry Center. He read for the Poetry Center, with Ebbe Borregaard, in 1958. Stanley earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from SF State.
Press coverage
Berkeley Daily Planet, October 25, 2013
Related event
George Stanley and Lewis Ellingham, October 26, 7:30pm
Links
- Audio: George Stanley and others read during Jack Spicer’s Poetry as Magic workshop, June 9, 1957
- Audio: George Stanley and others read during Jack Spicer’s Poetry as Magic workshop, June 10, 1957
- Audio: George Stanley and Ebbe Borregaard read, March 15, 1958
- George Stanley at Poetry Society of America