Comments on: Oklahoma poetry, Howard Starks

By: Young Bill Young

Young Bill Young — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:56:52 +0000

Nora, August Osage County playscript is available in book form. You should be able to find it through your local library or through Interlibrary Loan. If you live in Oklahoma, I bet your bookseller carries it or will get it for you. It’s also available for sale at places like here…

http://www.amazon.com/August-Osage-County-Tracy-Letts/dp/0822223007/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1295391364&sr=1-1

By: nora mclellan

nora mclellan — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:15:19 +0000

could any one give me a written transcript of august’ osage county? I can’t find it anywhere?

By: Krista Herrington

Krista Herrington — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:22:53 +0000

I am in college at Southeastern now. We are using “Family Album” as a required text. I have enjoyed it so much. I wish I would have gone to college straight out of high school so that I would have had the opportuinity to have had Starks as a professor, but I do have Ron Wallace who was a personal friend to him, and I met Tracy Lets last week at a symposium. His mom Billie Lets was also in attendance. What a great group of minds to learn from…

By: J.Tirey Dunagan

J.Tirey Dunagan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:02:26 +0000

poetry…too often the rambling of a mind gone…too much…as … sun…wine…endless not wanting nor believing he… not wanting the transitory reality to which
you and I endless…

By: Ron Wallace

Ron Wallace — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:43:28 +0000

Howard Starks was the embodiment of genius. I write poetry and teach English primarily thanks to his influence. This book was a finalist in the 1997 Oklahoma Book Awards. It should have won hands down, no way a book of translations could even be close. Robinson Jeffers, James Dickey, Walt Whitman, Howard Starks: his name is on their level. I use this book in the classes I teach at Southeastern. It has been reprinted and can be purchased at the Campus Bookstore at Southeastern or from my website http://www.RonWallacePoetry.com Don’t miss the chance to read this work. It is the pinnacle of Oklahoma Poetry.

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:46:21 +0000

Did a google search. Looks like Starks is the winner.

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:43:38 +0000

Howard Stark is also Tony Stark’s father. . . oh wait, that’s in the Iron Man comic books!

By: kitty pittman

kitty pittman — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:47:52 +0000

On the book of poetry it has his name as Starks. That’s interesting. I didn’t know him so I assumed the book was correct.

By: Jim Wilson

Jim Wilson — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:49:37 +0000

His name was and remains Stark. Howard was my mentor for the first two years I spent at Southeastern. He was my friend. I refer to him fequently.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:54:22 +0000

I don’t think I can ever do poetry reviews justice, especially good poetry. You have to go there yourself to get the full impact.

And I think we shouldn’t be too hard on Elizabeth Alexander, she was probably nervous and frozen.