B. E. Stock is a prolific poet who writes in traditional forms and free verse. Other poets have described her work as "life-affirming and well crafted," "burning a hole in my consciousness," and "l...view moreB. E. Stock is a prolific poet who writes in traditional forms and free verse. Other poets have described her work as "life-affirming and well crafted," "burning a hole in my consciousness," and "like a drink of clear water." She studied writing at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Sarah Lawrence College, the West Chester Conference, and Colrain. She has hosted numerous readings in New York City.
Widely published in literary periodicals, B. E. Stock published two chapbooks, Soliloquies (1992) and In Praise of Leisure (1996). Mellen Poetry Press published her long narrative poem, "Sally Jordan," in 1996 in Three Women: Touching the Boundaries of Life. In 2001, she published her Collected Poems.view less