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Roberta Spear
Roberta Spear (Sept 26, 1948 in Hanford, California – April 3, 2003) was an American poet. Life Robertal Spear was born Sept 26, 1948 in Hanford California. She spent her early years in the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of California, graduating from Hanford High School. She earned a BA and MA from California State University, Fresno. Spear published three books of poetry: ''The Pilgrim Among Us'' (1991), ''Taking to Water'' (1984), and ''Silks'' (1980). Her work appeared in ''Field'', ''Ploughshares'', ''Poetry'', and ''The Missouri Review.'' She lived in Fresno, California. She died April 3, 2003. Awards * Ingram Merrill Foundation, Ingram Merrill Fellowship * 1979 National Poetry Series Works"The Workout", ''The Atlantic'', December 2002 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanford, California
Hanford is the most populous city and the county seat of Kings County, California, located in the San Joaquin Valley region of the greater Central Valley (California), Central Valley. The population was 57,990 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Hanford was once north of Tulare Lake, historically the largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi River. The area was inhabited by the Tachi Yokuts people, Yokuts Indians for several thousand years prior to Euro-American contact. They occupied locations along watercourses such as creeks, springs and seep areas (such as Slough (hydrology), sloughs), along perennial and seasonal drainages, as well as flat ridges and terraces. Since the annexation of California after the Mexican–American War, Mexican-American War, the locality was settled by Americans and immigrants as farmland, broadly referred to as "Mussel Slough". The earliest dated grave in the area was that of a young Alice Spangler who was initially b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
