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Grammy award winner Lucinda Williams performed in concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Walton Arts Center, to honor her father, Miller Williams, an internationally recognized poet and author. All proceeds from the event will be used to endow the Miller Williams Poetry Prize at the University of Arkansas Press.

Born in the north Arkansas hills in 1930 and educated in the sciences, Miller Williams became known as an American contemporary poet by the 1960s as well as a translator and editor. He has authored more than 25 books and won numerous awards for his poetry. His accomplishments have been chronicled in Arkansas Biography; however, he is perhaps best known for reading a poem at President Clinton’s 1997 inauguration. Williams was the first director of the University of Arkansas Press, where he established its place in the field of contemporary poetry. He is currently a professor emeritus of literature at the university.

 

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