Resources

J. Terry Zeller, Living to One’s-Self: The Life and Poetry of William S. Trout, 1909-1980. Revised and Expanded 2020 edition. Sixteen B&W photographs, 172 poems, 467 pages (Lightening Source) Paperback ISBN 9780989843482 or Hardcover ISBN 9780989843485. Available by order at local book stores or online at Alibris Books, Amazon , Abe’s Books, and other distributors.

J. Terry Zeller, Time & Memory: Poems by William S. Trout (Baltimore: American Literary Press, 2008). Introductory essay and seventy-five poems, 83 pages. The book is out of print but is available from the author while supply lasts (send number of copies desired and check to Terry Zeller, P.O. Box 111, Mount Joy, PA 17552. Price $13.95 per copy (includes postage), make checks payable to Millersville University—Trout Award.  

Terry Zeller, “William S. Trout: Teacher, Poet, Friend”. Millersville Review, Vol. 119 (2006)

CD of songs by composer Michael Rickelton, Time and Memory (total time 64:13 minutes), Albany Records (albanyrecords.com ). Contents: Time and Memory: suite for voice and piano on poems by William S. Trout; Battle Songs based on poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Herman Melville, Theodore O’Hara, and John McCrae; and Impossible Season (text by Dana Gioia).

Millersville University Archives, Millersville, Pennsylvania has poems, letters, and other materials relating to the life and poetry of William S. Trout.

The William S. Trout Award is a cash payment given annually to a student majoring in English at Millersville University who meets the requirements for the Award, which include an essay on one or more of Trout’s poems. The recipient is chosen by the English Department faculty. People wishing to make a contribution to the Award should make checks payable to Millersville University—Trout Award and sent to the Development Office, Millersville University, P.O. Box 1002, Millersville, PA 17551-0302.