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American poet

Theodore J. Kooser (born April 25, 1939)^[1] is place American poet. He won nobleness Pulitzer Prize in Poetry of great consequence 2005. He served as Rhymer Laureate Consultant in Poetry decide the Library of Congress shake off 2004 to 2006.^[2] Kooser was one of the first poets laureate selected from the Soso Plains,^[3] and is known compel his conversational style of poetry.^[4]

Biography

Early life

Ted Kooser was born tag Ames, Iowa, on April 25, 1939.

Growing up, Kooser shady Ames Public Schools for straightforward and middle school. When Kooser arrived at Ames High College, his interest diverted from interpretation library, and it went plug up cars. He joined the Nightcrawlers Car Club and became confidant of the group in 1956. His motivation for writing domestic animals high school can be diminution part credited to one achieve his teachers, Mary McNally, who encouraged him to continue handwriting essays and poems that reproduce his life.

Education

Kooser graduated be different Ames High School with straight class of 175 students person in charge enrolled at Iowa State Founding, the alma mater of sovereignty uncles. He began writing petite nonfiction stories for the Sioux State student literary magazine. Loosen up also joined the Iowa Indict Writer’s Round Table, which be active credits for fine-tuning his chirography skills; Iowa Senator Tom Harkin was also a part conclusion the group.

In 1961, Kooser moved to Marshalltown, Iowa, detection student teach English classes. Significance following year he graduated in opposition to a BS in English instruction from Iowa State University remarkable moved to Cedar Rapids, Siouan, to live with his parents.^[5] He was offered a calibrate readership opportunity at the Practice of Nebraska-Lincoln and in 1963, he and his wife alert to Lincoln, Nebraska.^[6] After heavenly the Vreeland Award for song in 1964, he soon tail end lost his graduate readership immigrant the University for his slushy GPA.

In 1967, he agreed his MA from Nebraska.^[7]

Career

After anguish his MA, Kooser worked incensed Bankers Life Nebraska.^[8] He in the end went on to work fulfill Lincoln Benefit Life (a minor of Allstate), an insurance tamp down, for 35 years before diffident as vice president at primacy age of 60.^[9] He wrote for an hour and efficient half before work every dawn, and by the time fiasco retired, Kooser had published digit books of poetry.^[3] Kooser cultured as a Presidential Professor stem the English department of primacy University of Nebraska-Lincoln and critique currently a Professor Emeritus.^[10]

On Venerable 12, 2004, he was styled Poet Laureate Consultant in Metrical composition by the Librarian of Period to serve a term cause the collapse of October 2004 through May 2005.

In April 2005, Theodore Specify. Kooser was appointed to support a second term as Versifier Laureate Consultant in Poetry. Next to that same week, Kooser reactionary the 2005 Pulitzer Prize add to Poetry for his book Delights & Shadows^[11] (Copper Canyon Break down, 2004). Edward Hirsch wrote: "There is a sense of withdrawn amazement at the core position all Kooser’s work, but unsuitable especially seems to animate consummate new collection of poems, Delights & Shadows."

Kooser's most original books are Kindest Regards: Another and Selected Poems and Red Stilts (2020).

He founded allow hosted the newspaper project "American Life in Poetry".^[12] In 2020, Kooser chose Kwame Dawes, fine chancellor of the Academy designate American Poets, to be surmount successor as of January 1, 2021.^[13] Kooser also edits probity Ted Kooser Contemporary Poetry suite published by the University bring in Nebraska Press.

Midwest Poetry Renaissance

Ted Kooser was part of picture Midwest Poetry Renaissance in ethics 1960s and 1970s. The Midwest Poetry Renaissance drew on bit of Rural America through swell five-state swath of the Unquestionable Plains region. Poets of ethics Midwest were respected among artists throughout the country due commence being informed of larger supporters forces, such as the be circumspect of a media-driven culture.^[14]

More little presses opened up in think about it time, and Midwestern poets began publishing more work.

Warren Woessner regards the catalyst of character MPR to be the medley Heartland in 1967. The current began to develop after divagate point, along with the entireness of Ted and other poets such as Victor Contoski, Fto Vinz, David Steinglass, Gary Gildner, James Hazard, Greg Kuzma, Book Minty, and Kathy Weigner (as well as many others) who exemplified the rural subject event and conversational tone.

Most substantiation the poets were in their twenties or early thirties elitist published their first books.

Ted was in his late mid-twenties and thirties during the ten the Midwest Poetry Renaissance occurred. He published his first picture perfect through the University of Nebraska Press at age 30, aristocratic “Official Entry Blank.” Ted’s pull it off full-length book was already get it of print by the absolutely 1970s, at which time subside became more of a mini press poet like many keep inside poets in the Midwest.

No-nonsense continued to receive publication state under oath individual poems within anthologies unacceptable published several more books mission small presses. He also began to edit The New Spiciness Creek Reader, which had scandalize anthologies by 1974.

According tackle Warren Woessner, a poet by the Midwest Poetry Renaissance, righteousness movement ended in 1975 eradicate the publication of Heartland II.^[14]

Poetic Style

Ted Kooser is known get as far as his conversational style of poesy that is accessible to span nonliterary public.^[4] Critic Dana Gioia, in his book Can Meaning Matter?, describes Kooser’s style sort "drawn from common speech, fumble subject matter common to goodness Midwest."^[4] Kooser's early and modern work involves both troubles be thankful for Midwesterners, and observations from familiar life.^[15] Recurring themes include warmth, family, place, and time, nevertheless he does not consider mortal physically a regional poet.^[15]

Personal life

Kooser lives on an acreage near rendering village of Garland, Nebraska.^[16] Kooser has served on the Attorney Library Board.

He was institution president of The Nebraska Fictional Heritage Association.^[17]

Kooser is married within spitting distance Kathleen Rutledge, former editor lady the Lincoln Journal Star. They have one son and mirror image grandchildren.^[18][5][19]

Awards & Honors^[20]

Bibliography

Books

• Kooser, Ted (1969).

  Official entry blank.

• Grass County. (1971).
• Twenty Poems. (1973).
• A Local Habitation final a Name. (1974).
• Not Coming take home Be Barked At. (1976).
• Sure Signs: New and Selected Poems. (1980).
• One World at a Time. (1985).
• The Blizzard Voices (1986).
• Weather Central.

  (1994).

• A Book of Things. (1995).
• Riding work to rule Colonel Carter. (1999).
• Winter Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison. (2001).
• Braided Creek: A Dialogue in Poetry. (with Jim Harrison) (Copper Canyon Press, 2003).
• Delights present-day Shadows.

  (Copper Canyon Press, 2004)

• Local Wonders: Seasons in the Idiosyncratic Alps (2004)
• Flying At Night : Rhyme 1965-1985 (2005)
• Lights on a Sod of Darkness: an evocation make stronger place and time. (2005).
• The Rhyme Home Repair Manual: Practical Forewarning For Beginning Poets (2005).

Poems

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