About Betty Lou Shipley
Lived 1931 – 1998 (aged 66). Betty Lou Shipley was an American poet.
Awards Her book Someone Say Amen was awarded the 1998 Oklahoma Book Award.
Works Called Up Yonder: Poems from the Bible Belt (Cardinal, 1980) Somebody Say Amen (By-Line, 1997) Meltdown: Poems from the Core (Full Count, 1980)
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Who was Betty Lou Shipley?
poet laureate of state of Oklahoma
When was Betty Lou Shipley born?
Betty Lou Shipley was born on 31 July 1931 in Edmond.
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Betty Lou Shipley died on 14 March 1998.
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Betty Lou Shipley was a poet.
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Betty Lou Shipley was American.
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