Marjorie Maddox

Marjorie Maddox is the host of WPSU's Poetry Moment for the 2024-25 season. She is Professor Emerita of English and creative writing at the Lock Haven campus of Commonwealth University. Maddox has published 17 collections of poetry, most recently—most recently Begin with a Question [paracletepress.com] and the ekphrastic collaborations Heart Speaks, Is Spoken For [shantiarts.co] and How Can I Look It Up When I Don’t Know How It’s Spelled? Spelling Mnemonics and Grammar Tricks [amazon.com] with photographer Karen Elias, and In the Museum of My Daughter’s Mind [shantiarts.co] with her artist daughter Anna Lee Hafer [hafer.work] and others. Small Earthly Space (Shanti Arts 2024) Seeing Things [wildhousepublishing.com] (Wildhouse 2025), and Hover Here (Broadstone 2025) are forthcoming.

In addition, she has published a short story collection, four children’s books, and, with Jerry Wemple, the anthologies Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania [psupress.psu.edu] and the forthcoming Keystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania (PSU Press).

Maddox is the great grandniece of Branch Rickey, the General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers who helped break the color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson to Major League Baseball. She lives with her husband in Williamsport, where they raised their two children, and where she twice served as visiting author for the Little League World Series.
You can find out more about Marjorie Maddox on her website. (Photo by Melanie Rae.)