Carol Hamilton

Carol Hamilton (born August 24, 1935) was the Oklahoma Poet Laureate from 1995 to 1997.

[1][2] Carol Jean Hamilton was born on August 24th, 1935 in Enid, Oklahoma.

Her mother, Ruby Barber, was also a poet and a professor at Rose State College and Midwest City High School.

[3] Hamilton graduated Midwest City High School in 1953, received her bachelor's degree from Phillips University in 1956, and later a master's degree from the University of Central Oklahoma.

[6] Her work has been published in many journals, including Christian Science Monitor, Christian Century, Arizona Quarterly,[3] Quartet, The Prairie Poet, Encounter, Audit, Discourse, Quoin, New Campus Review, Roanoke Review, and Cimarron Review.