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Everette "Rhett" Maddox (1944–1989) was an American poet who in 1979 co-founded (with Robert Stock and sculptor Franz Heldner) the longest-running poetry-reading series in the South at the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Apr 30, 2015 · Here lies much of the tragedy of Everette Maddox—so utterly brilliant yet ravaged by alcohol and poverty, he himself more aware of his condition than anyone else. How could someone like Charles Bukowski in the end strike it rich on identical handicaps while Everette succumbed?
May 1, 2021 · Everette Hawthorne Maddox was an American poet known for his powers of wit and observation. With great dexterity, he created both tender and biting lines that simultaneously expressed a deep love of life, a disdain for the artificial, and a whimsical awareness of the ironies and inconsistencies of the human condition.
Author Bio. During his lifetime, Everette Maddox (1944 -1989) was considered by his following to be the unofficial poet laureate of New Orleans. He was a founder of the Maple Leaf Poetry Reading series and is the subject of the radio documentary He Was A Mess: The Short Life of New Orleans Poet Everette Maddox by David Kunian.
In the 1980s, Maddox was the unofficial Poet Laureate of Oak Street. In his life, he drew around him a crowd of admirers and inspired countless other poets. In his death, he is remembered vividly for his wit, his talent, and his uncompromising commitment to living a pure and romantic life.
Everette Maddox (1944-1989) hailed from Alabama and settled in New Orleans. He ran a well-known reading series at The Maple Leaf Bar, where his ashes are buried. The Everette C. Maddox Memorial Prose & Poetry Reading, held every Sunday in the courtyard at The Maple Leaf, is the longest running poetry reading in North America.
Feb 7, 2010 · He’s been called the unofficial poet laureate of the French Quarter. Everette Maddox (1944-89) was a native Alabamian (Montgomery-born), who, like so many complicated literary souls, made his way...
May 18, 2006 · Referred to by local writer Ralph Adamo as "the best loved poet in the city of New Orleans," Everette Maddox has left a rich legacy of poems that continue to influence readers since his death...
Poet Everette Maddox (1944 – 1989) is an anomaly. Everything about him seems to belong to another century. No, you haven't left my eyes; And when my solitary gaze. Ceased to see you on the earth, Suddenly I saw you in the sky. – Alphonse de Lamartine. Whether it’s the past or the future, or some mishmash there of, I leave for you to decide.
Sep 28, 2009 · UNO Press is proud to announce publication of the first volume of Selected Poems by legendary New Orleans poet, Everette Maddox. Maddox moved to New Orleans after completing his study at the University of Alabama in the ’70s and soon became one of the guiding lights of the local poetry community.
