Kenneth Wayne Brewer (November 28, 1941-March 15, 2006) was a poet of the American West and longtime scholar who resided in Utah, where he served as Poet Laureate. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he attended Western New Mexico University in the 1960s, then earned a master's degree in English literature from New Mexico State University, followed by a Ph.D. from the University of Utah, where he worked with Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Taylor, in 1973. Wikipedia
Ken Brewer PhD73, Utahs Poet Laureate (since January 2003), would be the first to admit that making ones livelihood doing what he does is an iffy proposition. www.alumni.utah.edu/continuum/fall05/brewer.htm
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