man’s considerable poetic powers. Whitehead published four books of poetry: "Domains," "Local Men," "Actual Size" and "Near at Hand." Works Domains, Louisiana State University Press, 1966 Local Men, University of Illinois Press, 1979, Actual Size Trilobite Press, 1985 (poetry chapbook) Near at Hand, University of Missouri Press, 1993, Joiner, Knopf, 1971, ; University of Arkansas Press, 1991, (novel) The panther: posthumous poems, Editor Michael Burns, University of Arkansas Press, 2008, For, from, about James T. Whitehead: poems, stories, photographs, and recollections, Editor Michael Burns, Photographer Bruce West, Moon City Press, 2009, Awards 1972 Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction Robert Frost Fellowship in Poetry, from Bread Loaf Writers' Conference References External links "Memories of UA educator live in new book", Northwest Arkansas Times, July 12, 2009 20th-century American poets Writers from St. Louis 1936 births 2003 deaths Vanderbilt University alumni Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni University of Arkansas faculty Poets from Missouri