Wilmarth, Richard

Richard N. Wilmarth ,born in Fall River, Massachusetts on December 24, 1949. He earned a GED and pursued a musical career in the 1960s and 1970s. He returned to school at the Community College of Rhode Island in 1983, and completed a B.A. in English at University of Rhode Island in 1988 and an M.A. in English three years later. In 1991, Wilmth moved to Boulder, Colorado to attend the Naropa Institute. Established Dead Metaphor Press which published his own work, and poetry based on the results of an annual (1995-2003) chapbook contest. Wilmarth died of cancer on April 17, 2003 in Boulder, Colorado.

From the description of Richard Wilmarth papers, 1979-2003. (University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston). WorldCat record id: 63118132

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