Poet
Publications & Prizes
Anthology:
Learning to Live in the World: Earth Poems by William Stafford (with Jerry Watson) (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1994)
Books:
A Fine Yellow Dust (Michigan State University Press, 2021)
, Poetry, poetic inquiry and Rwanda: Engaging with the lives of others (Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2021)
, Nothing but the Blood (Michigan State University Press, 2018)
, Requiem, Rwanda (Michigan State University Press, 2015)
, Crossing the Ladder of Sun (Michigan State University Press, 2004)
Chapbooks:
With a Gift for Burning (Finishing Line Press, 2018)
, Celestial Bodies (Leaf Press, 2016)
Prizes won:
A fine yellow dust (2021) Winner, Midwest Book Award; Finalist, Oklahoma Book Award; First Finalist, Poetry Society of Virginia North American Book Award; Honorable Mention, Eric Hoffer Book Award.
Nothing but the blood (2018) Winner, Oklahoma Book Award for Poetry; Silver Medal Winner, Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY); Finalist, Midwest Book Award.
Requiem, Rwanda (2015) Finalist, Lascaux Poetry Prize.
Crossing the ladder of sun (2004) Winner, Oklahoma Book Award for Poetry.
Learning to live in the world: Earth poems by William Stafford (1994) Winner, Hungry Mind Books of Distinction Award.
Celestial bodies (2016) Winner, Overleaf Chapbook Manuscript Competition; Finalist, Oklahoma Book Award.
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
White
Prefers to work with:
Any
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
Grand Rapids,
MI
Michigan
Raised in:
Sioux Center,
IA
Iowa
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Last update: Feb 26, 2023