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Everette Maddox

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Everette "Rhett" Maddox (1944–1989)[1] was a poet who in 1979 co-founded (with Robert Stock and Franz Heldner) the longest-running poetry-reading series in the South at the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama, and after studying at the University of Alabama, became Poet-in-Residence at Xavier University in 1975. His work has been published in The New Yorker and The Paris Review. His work was also included in "Umpteen Ways of Looking at a Possum: Critical and Creative Responses to Everette Maddox", edited by Grace Bauer and Julie Kane.[2][3] His ashes are buried in the patio behind the Maple Leaf Bar under a stone that reads: "Everette Maddox – He was a mess."[4]

Poetry and Criticism

  • Grace Bauer; Julie Kane, eds. (2006). Umpteen Ways of Looking at a Possum: Critical and Creative Responses to Everette Maddox. Xavier Review Press. ISBN 978-1-883275-16-7.

References

  1. ^ Poet Everette Maddox, New Orleans Historical Society, retrieved 22 December 2014
  2. ^ Poet Everette Maddox, New Orleans Historical Society, retrieved 22 December 2014
  3. ^ Everette Maddox (1944–1989), Xavier Review Press, archived from the original on 22 December 2014, retrieved 22 December 2014
  4. ^ Jeff Duncan (21 December 2014). "After loss to Falcons, it's evident New Orleans Saints' glory days are clearly over". The Times-Picayune.