Ted Kooser

Ted Kooser ( born April 25, 1939 in Ames, Iowa) is an American poet and the 13th Poet Laureate of the United States.

Life and work

In April 2004 he was appointed Poet Laureate. In June 2006, Donald Hall became his successor. In 2005 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his work Delights and Shadows.

Works (selection)

• Official Entry Blank. Poems. University Press, Lincoln, 1969.
• Grass County. Poems. Wildflower Press, Lincoln 1971, ISBN 0-9315-3407-0.
• Twenty Poems. Best Cellar Press, Crete 1973.
• A Local Habitation and a Name. Solo Press, San Luis 1974.
• SureSigns New and Selected Poems. University Press, Pittsburgh, 1980, ISBN 0-8229-3410-8.
• The Blizzard Voices. Bieler Press, Minneapolis, 1986, ISBN 0-9314-6020-4.
• Weather Central. University Press, Pittsburgh, 1994, ISBN 0-8229-3796-4.
• A Book of Things. Lyra Press, Lincoln 1995.
• Riding with Colonel Carter. Sandhills Publ, Gtrand Iceland 1999.
• Winter Morning Walks. One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison. University Press, Pittsburgh, 2001, ISBN 0-8874-8336-4.
• Delights and Shadows. Cooper Canyopn Press, Port Townsend, 2004, ISBN 1-556-59201-9.
• Local Wonders. Seasons in the Bohemian Alps. University Press, Lincoln, 2004, ISBN 0-8032-7811- X.

• The Poetry Home Repair Manual. Practical Advice For Beginning Poets. University Press, Lincoln, 2005, ISBN 0-8032-5978-6.