Todd Boss
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Doings
04/09 Todd blogs for The Best American Poetry about creation, the sacred, and children.
04/09 Todd wins Alvin Youngblood Hart (in vinyl) from poet Matthew Dickman.
03/09 Todd wins a Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Prize for 3 poems.
02/09 Todd blogs as a founding member of Squad 365, a book marketing think-team.
01/09 Todd wins Emily Clark Balch Prize for Poetry from VQR, which names Yellowrocket one of the year’s 10 best poetry books.
12/08 Todd wins blackberry jam and a loaf of homemade bread from poet Matthew Nienow.
12/08 Todd mourns the loss of his editor,
W. W. Norton’s CAROL HOUCK SMITH,
“a small giant” in the publishing industry
who launched Todd’s first book of poetry.
08/08 Todd to teach in Alaska
Todd will be on the faculty of the Kachemak Bay Writer’s Conference in Homer, Alaska in June 2009. He’ll work with poets in individual manuscript consultations and workshops.
About his audience,
Todd says:
“Poets have long been accused of writing only for the academy. Like Billy Collins, I write for the academy and everybody else. Over and over again, I find that people who ‘don’t like poetry’ tend to like my poetry.”
Contact: ToddBossPoet(at)mac(dot)com
Readings
Copyright 2008 Todd Boss. All rights reserved. Reprint permission available upon request.
Poems
“If you buy only one book of poetry this year, make it Yellowrocket.”
—Elizabeth Lund,
Christian Science Monitor
“I forgot how much I like poetry.”
—Michael Sung-ho, bartender,
TGI Friday’s, Maplewood, MN