Miller Williams, the founder and first director of The University of Arkansas Press, passed away on Thursday, January 1, 2015. Williams, a native of Hoxie, Arkansas, delivered a poem at the Capitol for President Bill Clinton’s second inauguration.
From The New York Times: Miller Williams, Plain-Spoken Arkansas Poet, Dies at 84
From NWAOnline: Poet Miller Williams, 84, dies
Miller Williams with Michael Walsh, the first winner of the Miller Williams Poetry Prize