Poetic Obituries: [Leslie "Les" Phillabaum] enjoyed the opera

and gardening and had a great interest in poetry, she said.

Two of the 200 books of poetry he helped publish won Pulitzer Prizes. In honor of Phillabaum, LSU Press created the L.E. Phillabaum Poetry Award in 2005.

from The Advocate: Retired LSU Press director dies at 72

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