SB's Ron Wallace publishes new book on poetry

BY UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS  **Durant Oklahoma**

Ron Wallace, a member of Southeastern Oklahoma State University's adjunct English faculty, is publishing a new book of poetry.

"Oklahoma Cantos and Other Pieces of the Whole," with an introduction by best-selling author and former Southeastern professor Billie Letts, will be released in August/September by TJMF Publishing of Clarksville, Indiana.

 Wallace is scheduled to read from the new work at the Performing Arts Studio in Norman, Oklahoma, on Oct. 10 with fellow Southeastern instructor Chuck Ladd open­ing with the work of the late Southeastern professor Howard Starks.

 Ron  is the author of three volumes of poetry, "Native Son (American Poems from the Heart of Oklahoma)," a finalist in the 2007 Oklahoma Book Awards; "Smoke and Stone (The Voices of Gettysburg"); and "I Come from Cowboys... and Indians,"  the winner of the 2009 Oklahoma Writer's Federation Best Book of Poetry Award.

Wallace's work has also been published in numerous magazines and anthologies.

Proud of his Oklahoma roots and Native American blood, Wallace's poetry is fre­quently tinged with the lan­guage and stories of his land and family. His work is predominantly narrative free verse, at times a storytelling style common among the Native peoples of the area, and strongly influ­enced by Howard Starks, James Dickey, Yusef Komunyakaa and Robinson Jeffers. His work also bears the marks of songwriters such as Chris Wall, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Guy Clark and Kris Kristofferson, earning him recognition from "Outlaw Magazine" as a modem Outlaw Poet.

A Durant native, Wallace served 30 years as an instructor and coach in the Oklahoma Public School System at Colbert, Oklahoma.

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TJMF Publishing 2010 Books

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Four new books published 2010. 

"Stark" by Rick Stansberger  Silver City, New Mexico

"The Walking Road" by Nancy Summerson  Sinnamahoning, Pennsylvania

"Book of Cantos" by Ron Wallace  Durant, Oklahoma

"Spring Turns Too Soon to Winter" by John Weldon Evans, Jamaica, New York

We are proud too say these books reach and even exceed the high

standards set by TJMF Publishing.  Look for them in your area stores.

 

Ken Nye in a documentary

A camera team from Maine Public Broadcasting visited Ken recently, while Ken was reading in Camden. They were there doing a documentary on Parkinson's in Maine.  MPBN learned about Ken's reading and that he himself had Parkinson's and they got very interested.  So they taped his one hour and then interviewed him for about thirty minutes and taped that, too.  
 
Ken - you're a TV star now. 
 
Ken's latest book, Clouds of Glory was named Runner Up as best self-published book in Maine in 2009.  Of course, you might remember that From the Heart was named best  in 2007.
 
We're also waiting to hear that Ken may be teaching a course in Poetry soon with his books as the course text books. 

Ron Wallace "Cowboys" in college

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Ken Nye - Clouds of Glory

Ken Nye's new book Clouds of Glory hit the bookshelves in December and immediately became a hit amongst his avid fans in Maine.  On the road, appearances and signings, Ken has been the busiest retired proffessor in the state of Maine.