Laure-Anne Bosselaar

Poet

Santa Barbara, CA
California US

Author's Bio

Laure-Anne Bosselaar is the author of The Hour Between Dog and Wolf, Small Gods of Grief, winner of the Isabella Gardner Prize, and of A New Hunger, selected as a Notable Book by the ALA. Her fourth collection, These Many Roomswas published by Four Way Books.  She taught at Emerson College, Sarah Lawrence College, and UCSB. The recipient of a Pushcart Prize, and of the James Dickey Poetry Prize, she edited five anthologies, and served as Santa Barbara’s Poet Laureate from 2019 to 2021. Lately, her New & Selected, came out from Sungold Press.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Never Before: Poems About First Experiences (Four Way Books, 2005)
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Urban Nature (Milkweed Editions, 2000)
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Outsiders (Milkweed Editions, 1999)
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Night Out (Milkweed Editions, 1997)
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Drive They Said (Milkweed Editions, 1995)
Books:
These Many Rooms (Four Way Books, 2019)
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A New Hunger (Ausable Press, 2007)
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Small Gods of Grief (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2001)
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The Hour Between Dog & Wolf (BOA Editions, Ltd., 1997)
Prizes won: 

Pushcart Prize, Isabella Gardner Award, ALA Notable Book Award 2008, Pushcart, James Dickey Poetry Prize, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
European American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, At Risk Youth, Homelessness, LGBTQ, Seniors, Teachers, Veterans
Fluent in: 
Dutch, English, French
Born in: 
Santa Barbara, CA
California
Raised in: 
Antwerp, Belgium, CA
California
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Last update: Aug 25, 2026