About the Current Stellfox Season
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The Harold & Ethel L. Stellfox Visiting Scholars & Writers Program presents Molly Peacock as the 2026 Stellfox scholar. She will give a free, public presentation on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Allison Hall Great Hall.
Peacock is a critically acclaimed, widely anthologized author of eight books of poetry, an award-winning biographer and a writer of essays, memoir and short fiction. In a review in the Washington Post Book World, David Lehman observed, “Peacock has a luxuriantly sensual imagination—and an equally sensual feel for the language. In mood her poems range from high-spirited whimsy ... to bemused reflection. ... Whatever the subject, rich music follows the tap of her baton.”
The New York Times Book Review called Peacock's biography, Paper Garden, “[a] graceful meditation on botany, nature, life and age ... Delaney's story abounds with energy as Peacock brings her alive. Like her glorious multilayered collages, Delany is so vivid a character she almost jumps from the page."
Peacock is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada. Following her move to Toronto, she established the Best Canadian Poetry series. In addition to her work as an author and editor, Peacock is also a poetry activist. As president of the Poetry Society of America, she was cofounder of the highly successful (and often imitated) Poetry in Motion project, which made poetry a permanent addition to public transit in New York City.
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