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Carleton, Will, 1845-1912
NationalityAmerican
BiographyWill Carleton was an 1869 graduate of Hillsdale College and internationally-recognized poet, editor, and lecturer. Carleton also published a literary magazine called Every Where starting in September 1894. The monthly periodical featured poems, short stories and other timely topics. It remained in circulation until after Carleton's death in 1912. Upon his death, Carleton became Michigan's unofficial "poet laureate." In Public Act 51, signed into law in 1919, the State of Michigan designated October 21st of each year as "Carleton Day" in memory of "Michigan's pioneer poet.--michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan. 
