Paul Williams earned his MFA at the University of Arkansas in 1978 and worked in a variety of writing and teaching roles. His educational career has led him to teach in a variety of positions in colleges and universities in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and the People's Republic of China. A prolific writer, he is the author of a book of short stories, Oklahoma and Else, a true crime book, Zero at the Bone (co-authored with Bryce Marshall), and a children’s book Two Cherokee Stories: How the Bat Got its Wing & Young Bear’s Lesson. Williams was a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, a veteran, and a lover of jazz music.
Paul Williams died in November 2021.
#1: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Paul Williams at the Laurie Merlee Ceramics Studio; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2011
© Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas
#2: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Paul Williams at the Laurie Merlee Ceramics Studio; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2011
© Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas
#3: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Paul Williams at the Laurie Merlee Ceramics Studio; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2011
© Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas
