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Daniel Lusk [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Burlington, VT
Vermont US
Email: 
Daniel.Lusk@uvm.edu
Bio: 

Daniel Lusk is author of eight poetry collections and other books, most recently Every Slow Thing (Kelsay Books 2022) and an e-book, Farthinge (Yavanika Press 2022). A former commentator on books for NPR, his work is widely published in literary journals and his genre-bending essay, “Bomb,” (New Letters) was awarded a Pushcart Prize. Native of the prairie Midwest, Daniel is a Senior Lecturer of English Emeritus at the University of Vermont.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Charles City, IA
Iowa
Raised in: 
Northern Iowa, IA
Iowa
Website: 
https://www.carraigbinn.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Pushcart Prize 2016 for genre-bending essay "Bomb" (New Letters nomination); Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize, Nimrod International Journal 2006. Grants for poetry from Vermont Arts Council, Vermont Arts Endowment, University of Vermont, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

What I'm reading now: 
Joyce's Book of the Dark by John Bishop
Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/daniel_lusk [2] https://www.carraigbinn.com