Lance Larsen. Courtesy Ploughshares.
Lance E. Larsen (born March 21, 1961) is an American poet and academic.[1]
Life[]
Larsen grew up in Idaho and Colorado. He spent 2 years in Chile, as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.[2]
He earned a B.A. and M.A. from Brigham Young University (BYU), and a Ph.D. from the University of Houston.[1]
Larsen teaches at BYU,[3] where he is the director of English Graduate Studies.[4] He is married to painter and multimedia artist Jacqui Biggs Larsen.[2]
His poems have appeared in the New York Review of Books, Paris Review, Kenyon Review, New Republic, Threepenny Review, Southern Review, Times Literary Supplement, and elsewhere.[4] He is the editor of Reason and Belief.[5]
Writing[]
Larsen's writing has been described as embodying a "quaintly romantic notion that mortality and love and soul are the abiding themes of life and art."[6]
Recognition[]
Larsen won the 2004 Tampa Review Prize for Poetry. He has received several other awards, including a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from Sewanee, Writers at Work, and the Cultural Arts Council of Houston.[4]
In April, 2012, Larsen was appointed the Poet laureate of Utah for a five-year term.[7]
Awards[]
- 2004 Tampa Review Prize for Poetry
- Utah Arts Council, Biennial Poetry Manuscript Competition, First, 2002
- Joseph Campbell Poetry Prize, Sara Lawrence College, Runner-up, 2002
- Beatrice Hawley Manuscript Prize, Alice James Books, Farmington, ME, Finalist, 2002
- Center for Book Arts Chapbook Competition, New York City, Finalist, 2002
- Tupelo Press Chapbook Competition, Dorset, VT, Finalist, 2002
- Oberlin College University Press Manuscript Competition, Finalist, 2001
- Young Scholar Award, Brigham Young University, 2000
- Sewanee Writers Conference, Fellowship Recipient, Sewanee, TN, 2000
Except where noted, award information courtesy Brigham Young University..[1]
Publications[]
- Erasable Walls. Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues Press, 1998.
- In All Their Animal Brilliance: Poems. Tampa, FL: University of Tampa Press, 2004.
- Backyard Alchemy: Poems. Tampa, FL: University of Tampa Press, 2009.
- Genius Loci: Poems. Tampa, FL: University of Tampa Press, 2013.
Bite Size Poet for December 2009 Lance Larsen performs "Some Minutes"-1445079096
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[8]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Lance Larsen, Mormon Literature and Creative Arts, Brigham Young University. Web, Oct. 29, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Utah's Poet Laureate: Lance Larsen, Utah Division of Arts & Museums. Web, Oct. 17, 2015.
- ↑ Lance Larsen, Poetry Foundation, Web, Oct. 29, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lance Larsen, Poetry Daily, Web, Oct. 29, 2012.
- ↑ Lance Larsen, AGNI Online, Web, Oct. 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Lance Larsen: In All Their Animal Brilliance" by Mike White, VALPARAISO POETRY REVIEW. Web, Oct 18, 2013.
- ↑ Gov. Herbert names BYU English professor as Utah poet laureate," Salt Lake Tribune, May 4, 2012. Web, Oct. 29, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = au:Lance Larsen, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Nov. 8, 2014.
External links[]
- Poems
- Lance Larsen at the Poetry Foundation
- "The World's Lap" at How a Poem Happens
- Two poems
- Lance Larseon at AGNI Online
- Audio/video
- Books
- Lance Larsen at Amazon.com
- About
- Lance Larsen: Mormon poet and essayist at Mormon Wiki
- Lance Larsen on his poem "To a Braying Donkey"
- Lance Larsen at Mormon Artist, interview, 2010
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