Paul Lake (1951-2022) was an American poet, essayist, and professor at Arkansas Tech University. Another Kind of Travel won the Porter Fund Award for Literary Excellence. In addition, he won the Richard Wilbur Award for poetry in 2006. He graduated from Towson University with a B.A. and from Stanford University with an M.A. He had served as the poetry editor for First Things. Works Novel Awards Porter Fund Award for Literary Excellence (1988) Richard Wilbur Award (2006) References External links "Only Connect: A Conversation With Paul Lake", Perihelion, Joan Houlihan Guest Essayist: Paul Lake "Laureate of the Plains: Timothy Murphy's Very Far North", Contemporary Poetry Review Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry Reviews Walking Backward American male poets Writers from Baltimore Arkansas Tech University faculty Towson University alumni Stanford University alumni Living people 1951 births