Donald Hall, Former Poet Laureate And Elegant Chronicler Of Rural Life, Has Died At 89

Hall was a prolific writer, whose essays, memoirs, freelance articles and poetry spread his readers across many genres. “Hall was one of the leading poets of his generation, frequently mentioned in the company of Robert Bly, James Wright and Galway Kinnell. In evoking a bucolic New England past and expressing a deep veneration of nature, he used simple and direct language, though often to surreal effect.”