Anne Campbell (poet)

Campbell worked as a women's page editor for The Gleaner, a monthly newspaper published by the Gleaner Life Insurance Society, until 1918.^[3]

The Detroit News hired Campbell in 1922 in response to the popularity of Edgar Guest, who at the time was writing a daily poem for the Detroit Free Press.^[1] She wrote a poem a day, six days a week, for at least 25 years.^[4]

By the 1930s Campell was doing readings during intermissions of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and on radio and television.^[1] She gave talks on "Everyday Poetry" on the Lyceum circuit.^[1]

By 1947 her work was syndicated in 30 newspapers in the US, Canada, and Great Britain, and she was earning $10,000 per year. According to Time, as of 1947 she was receiving 100 fan letters a week.^[4]

In 1953 she was awarded an honorary degree by Wayne State University.^[2]

Campbell published multiple books of poetry.^[1] Her work is included in Literary Michigan by The Michigan Council for the Humanities (1988), Michigan Authors (1980), and Michigan Poets (1964).^[2]

Campbell married George Washington Stark, a columnist and editor for the Detroit News who later became the city historian, in 1915 when she was 27. The couple had three children.^[1][4][5]

Campbell died January 16, 1984 at age 95.^[1]