[4][5][6][2][7] Stoutenburg also published under the pseudonyms Barbie Arden, Lace Kendall, and Nelson Minier (the latter jointly with Baker, e.g.
Her second collection, A Short History of the Fur Trade, won a California Book Award (silver) for 1969,[10] and was a close competitor for the Pulitzer Prize.
James Dickey has written of her poetry, "If I were to characterize the tone of voice, I would call it that of sensitive outrage, quivering, powerful, and delicate.
"[12] Some of Stoutenburg's papers, and also those of Laura Nelson Baker, are archived at the University of Minnesota Children's Literature Research Collection.
[15] Stoutenburg's poems were selected for nine volumes of the annual Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards,[3] and have been included in several more recent anthologies.
[19] Cicada (excerpt) I lay with my heart under me, under the white sun, face down to fields and a life that gleamed under my palms like an emerald hinge.