Life
Mary Leader was born on January 9, 1948, inAwards
* Emory University Creative Writing Fellowship * National Poetry Series * Chad Walsh Poetry Prize * Iowa Poetry PrizeBooks
* ''Red Signature'', Graywolf Press. ISBN 978-1-55597-255-1 * ''The Penultimate Suitor'', University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-0-87745-748-4 * ''Beyond the Fire'', Shearsman Books. ISBN 978-1-84861-122-1 * ''She Lives There Still,'' Shearsman Books. ISBN 978-1-84861-584-7 * ''The Distaff Side'', Shearman Books. ISBN 978-1-84861-806-0Education
* Attended Oklahoma State University * Bachelor of Arts, Oklahoma University * Juris Doctor, Oklahoma University * Master of Fine Arts, MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College * Doctor of Philosophy, Brandeis UniversityCareer
* Assistant Oklahoma Attorney General * Legal Assistant, Oklahoma Court of Appeals * Referee, Oklahoma Supreme Court * Visiting Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University * Associate Professor, University of Memphis * Full Professor, Purdue UniversityExternal links
*Shearsman Books http://www.shearsman.com/store/Leader-Mary-c28271805 *Writer's Almanac https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=1999%252F04%252F05.html *"Girl at Sewing Machine", Emory University http://english.emory.edu/classes/paintings&poems/sewing.html *"For the Love Gerald Finzi", Beloit Poetry Journal https://www.bpj.org/works/v66n3-4p037-for-the-love-of-gerald-finzi-leader *Conversation between Mary Leader and Mark Yakich featuring their mentor-mentee collaboration,