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Poetic license: Laureate does job his way

Title

Poetic license: Laureate does job his way

Type

text

Subject

Profile of a writer | Poetry publishing

Creator

Tomb, Geoffery

Publisher

Miami Herald

Date

1988-05-30

Format

pdf

Item

https://chell.lib.fit.edu/plugins/Dropbox/files/files/Skellings/Articles/ART-8805-02.pdf

Description

"Poet Laureate muses over his job." This article reports that an internal audit at Florida International University has cleared Edmund Skellings of anonymous complaints to the State Comptroller's Office. Journalist Geoffrey Tomb presents Skellings as a hard working poet and professor. Includes quotes from Florida International University Presidents Harold Bryan Crosby, Gregory Wolfe, and Mitch Madique as well as Vice Chancellor William Shade, Speaker of the House Tom Gustafson, and novelist Norman Mailer. Includes a poem entitled "Senior Citizen" from Skellings' most recent book at the time, Living Proof.

Citation

Tomb, Geoffery, “Poetic license: Laureate does job his way,” John H. Evans Library Digital Collections, accessed May 6, 2024, https://digcollections.lib.fit.edu/items/show/3171.