in recognition of his work, including: Henry Bellman Award (1957) Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Fellowship in Poetry (1961) Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship (1963–1964) Fulbright Professorship, National University of Mexico (1970) New York Arts Fund Award (1970) Prix de Rome in Poetry (1976) Poets' Prize for Living on the Surface (1990) John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence (1993–1994) National Arts Award (1997) The Porter Fund Literary Prize Lifetime Achievement Award (2009) Books A Circle of Stone, 1965 So Long at the Fair, 1968 Halfway from Hoxie, 1973 Why God Permits Evil, 1977, Louisiana State University Press The Boys on Their Bony Mules, 1983, Louisiana State University Press Patterns of Poetry, 1986, Louisiana State University Press Living on the Surface, 1989 Adjusting to the Light, 1992, University of Missouri Press Points of Departure, 1994 The Ways We Touch: Poems, 1997, University of Illinois Press Some Jazz a While: Collected Poems, 1999, University of Illinois Press, Making a Poem: Some Thoughts About Poetry and the People Who Write It, 2006, Louisiana State University Press, Time and the Tilting Earth: Poems, 2008, Louisiana State University Press, References Sources Farnsworth, Elizabeth. Jan. 16, 1996. Interview with Miller Williams. American Poetry/PBS Online Newshour. Rosenthal, Harry. Jan 20, 1997. "Poet Addresses Inaugural Event." Washington Post. "Miller Williams." 2003. Entry in Contemporary Authors Online. Gale. Gatewood, Willard B. October 28, 2009. "Miller Williams." Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture Further reading Burns, Michael (ed.) 1991. Miller Williams and the Poetry of the Particular. Columbia, Mo: University of Missouri Press. Correspondence and other materials. Miller Williams Collection, 1950–1995. Fayetteville, Ar: University of Arkansas Libraries, Special Collections Division, Manuscript Collection 1387. http://libinfo.uark.edu/specialcollections/findingaids/todd.html 1930 births 2015 deaths American male poets Poets from Arkansas People from Lawrence County, Arkansas People with spina bifida Arkansas State University alumni University of Arkansas alumni University of Arkansas faculty Hendrix College alumni 20th-century American poets 21st-century American poets 20th-century American translators 21st-century American translators Deaths from dementia in Arkansas Deaths from Alzheimer's disease 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers American inaugural poets