Alison Hawthorne Deming (b. 1946) is an Associate Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Arizona. She directed the University of Arizona Poetry Center from 1990 to 2000. Additional biographical information may be found here:
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/355?utm_source=PAD%3A+Stairway+to+Heaven+by+Alison+Hawthorne+Deming&utm_campaign=poemaday_012414&utm_medium=email

Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin is considered by many to be the greatest rock ballad of all time. Robert Plant (pictured), referenced in the poem, wrote the lyrics, a recording and transcription of which may be found here: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/ledzeppelin/stairwaytoheaven.html. Interesting facts about the song may be found here: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=328.
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