RIP, Marion K. Stocking

Blessed be they who read poetry for pleasure and write about it with passion and joy.
Marion K. Stocking, who edited the Beloit Poetry Journal and wrote about contemporary poetry with the ardor of a true believer, died on Tuesday at the age of 86.
She was a great lady.
— DL
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LAMOINE,
Maine) – Marion Kingston Stocking died May 12, 2009, of cancer after a short
illness and brief hospital stay. Although 86, she continued her work as
an author and editor to the end of life. Born June 4, 1922, in
Bethlehem, Pa., the oldest daughter of William and Louisa (Schucholtz)
Kingston, Marion grew up in Melrose, Mass.  . . . Marion taught at the
University of Colorado from 1950 to 1954, and Beloit College from 1954
to 1984, where she shared an office with David Stocking before marrying
him in 1955. At Beloit College . . .  from 1967 to 1970. Marion joined her
husband on the editorial board of the Beloit Poetry Journal, a
quarterly magazine of contemporary poetry now produced in Farmington
and remained active until her death. She handled most of the business
of the magazine for many years and until her final illness wrote
reviews of contemporary poetry which were widely admired. . . . She was, as noted on a button she
wore with a grin for many years, "subject to bouts of enthusiasm."
Donations in her memory may be made to Beloit Poetry Journal
Foundation, P.O. Box 151, Farmington, ME 04938 or Quoddy Regional Land
Trust, P.O. Box 49, Whiting, ME 04691. Link here for more.
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