Look and Listen

Biography

Harvey Stanbrough was born in New Mexico, seasoned in Texas, and baked in Arizona. He spent most of his early life in the home of his heart, the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona. After graduating from a 21-year civilian appreciation course in the U.S. Marine Corps, he attended Eastern New Mexico University where he managed to sneak up on a bachelors degree. He works as a full-time writer, part-time writing instructor and part-time freelance editor from his home in southeast Arizona. In addition to his Writing the World™ seminars and retreats, Harvey has been a sought-after speaker at writers' conferences around the nation, where he presented sessions on most aspects of writing. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, the Frankfurt Book Fair Award, the National Book Award and the Inscriptions Magazine Engraver's Award. For more information see http://stonethread.com

Inspiration

My poetry is most heavily influenced by writers of blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) like Howard Nemerov, W.B. Yeats, Robert Frost, William Baer and Anthony Hecht. My fiction is most heavily influenced by writers like Ray Bradbury, Gabriel García Márques, Isabel Allende, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King and others.