Vern Rutsala
Vern Rutsala (February 5, 1934 – April 2, 2014) was an American
U.S. Army, 1956–58. He died in Oregon on April 2, 2014.[2]
Books
- The Window (1964)
- Small Songs: A Sequence, Stone Wall Press (1969)
- The Harmful State (1971)
- Laments (1975)
- The Journey Begins (1976)
- Paragraphs (1978)
- The New Life (1978)
- Walking Home from the Icehouse (1981)
- The Mystery of the Lost Shoes (1985)
- Backtracking (1985)
- Ruined Cities (1987)
- Selected Poems (1991)
- Little-known Sports (1994)
- The Moment's Equation (2004)
- A Handbook for Writers: New and Selected Prose Poems (2004)
- How We Spent Our Time (2006)
- The Long Haul (2015)
Awards
- National Endowment for the Arts fellowships (1974, 1979)
- Northwest Poets Prize (1975)
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1982)
- Carolyn Kizer Poetry Prize (1988)
- Masters Fellowship from the Oregon Arts Commission (1990)
- Oregon Book Award (1992)
- Juniper Prize (1994)
- Richard Snyder Prize (2003)
- finalist, National Book Award for Poetry (2005)
Notes
- ^ Contemporary Poets - Google Books. 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ^ "Vern Rutsala, award-winning poet and longtime teacher at Lewis & Clark College, died April 2". OregonLive.com. 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
References
- Vern Rutsala at Lewis & Clark College archives
- Interview with Vern Rutsala in Reed Magazine, with audio clips
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