Tom Sexton (poet)

From 1970 to 1994, Sexton taught English and creative writing at the University of Alaska – Anchorage where he established the creative writing program and served as English Department chair for several years. He was a founding editor of the Alaska Quarterly Review, leaving the magazine when he retired in 1994. He was appointed Alaska's Poet Laureate in 1995, having been selected by the Alaska State Council on the Arts (AKSCA) and confirmed by the Alaskan legislature.^[1]

Sexton is the author of ten books of poetry. His A Clock With No Hands^[2] is a collection of poems about growing up in Lowell. His most recent book is For the Sake of the Light,^[3] which includes "Alaska Spring," a poem that was set to music by American composer Libby Larsen and premiered April 21, 2012 for the 25th anniversary of the Alaska Chamber Singers.^[4]

Sexton and his wife, Sharyn, spend every other winter in Eastport, Maine.