Everette Maddox

Everette "Rhett" Maddox (1944–1989)[1] was a poet who in 1979 co-founded (with Robert Stock and Franz Heldner) the longest-running poetry-reading series in the South at the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama, and after studying at the University of Alabama, became Poet-in-Residence at Xavier University in 1975. His work has been published in The New Yorker and The Paris Review. His work was also included in "Umpteen Ways of Looking at a Possum: Critical and Creative Responses to Everette Maddox", edited by Grace Bauer and Julie Kane.[2][3] His ashes are buried in the patio behind the Maple Leaf Bar under a stone that reads: "Everette Maddox – He was a mess."[4]

Poetry and Criticism
  • Grace Bauer; Julie Kane, eds. (2006). Umpteen Ways of Looking at a Possum: Critical and Creative Responses to Everette Maddox. Xavier Review Press. ISBN 978-1-883275-16-7.

References
  1. Poet Everette Maddox, New Orleans Historical Society, retrieved 22 December 2014
  2. Poet Everette Maddox, New Orleans Historical Society, retrieved 22 December 2014
  3. Everette Maddox (1944–1989), Xavier Review Press, archived from the original on 22 December 2014, retrieved 22 December 2014
  4. Jeff Duncan (21 December 2014). "After loss to Falcons, it's evident New Orleans Saints' glory days are clearly over". The Times-Picayune.


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