Adrienne Moore Bond (1933–1996) was an American poet, writer, and educator. Born in Georgia, she was an English professor at Mercer University and received a Georgia Governor's Award in the Humanities in 1996.
Adrienne Moore was born in Macon County, Georgia in 1933. Her mother was Violet Moore, a writer, and her father was Sidney L. Moore Sr., an attorney. [1] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in French and English from Mercer University in 1954. [2] [3] In 1958, she was a faculty member at Thetford Academy. [2] She later became a professor at Mercer University and married Alpha May Bond. In 1963, she and Alpha had a son. [4]
Bond wrote the historical biography Eugene W. Stetson, which was published in 1983 by Mercer University Press as the first book in the Great Mercerian Series. [5] In 1985, Bond founded the Georgia Poetry Circuit, a group of ten colleges that annually organize visiting poets to their members' campuses. [6] She served as director of the Circuit until her death. [7]
A collection of her poetry was published in the book Time Was, She Declares in 1996. [1] In 1996, she received a Georgia Governor's Award in the Humanities; at the time, she was an associate professor in the English department at Mercer University. [8]
Bond died in her home on April 23, 1996 at the age of 62. [9] After her death, a book collection of children's stories written by Bond, titled Sugarcane House and Other Stories About Mr. Fat, was posthumously published in 1997, [1] [3] with illustrations by LeUyen Pham.