Gathering Celebrates Literary Doyenne Editor Marion Stocking Honored for Long Service

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One of Maine's most-respected literary figures was honored Sunday afternoon in a surprise celebration at the home of Maine Arts Commission Director Alden Wilson in Wiscasset.

Marion Kingston Stocking, who for nearly five decades edited the Beloit Poetry Journal, was received by Wilson, journal co-editors Lee Sharkey and John Rosenwald, Maine's Poet Laureate Baron Wormser and others at the gathering in recognition of her long service to Maine literature and culture.

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Gathering Celebrates Literary Doyenne Editor Marion Stocking Honored for Long Service

"She has been a clear, generous light for so many people connected with the arts," Sharkey said of Stocking.

Stocking, now 83, came to Maine in 1984 after retiring from teaching at Bel...

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