Kooser, Ted

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Ted Kooser, born in Ames, Iowa in 1939, earned a BS from Iowa State University and an MA from the University of Nebraska. He is currently the Presidential Professor of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He has published 12 collections of poetry, and served as the United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. As Poet Laureate, he established "American Life in Poetry," which "provides newspapers and online publications with a free weekly column featuring contemporary American poems" ( www.americanlifeinpoetry.org ).

Visit Ted Kooser's official website to learn more about the author: www.tedkooser.net

From the guide to the Ted Kooser Collection, 1959-2011

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Snyder, Randall. Voyages through the inland sea : for soprano and clarinet (1977) / by Randall Snyder ; [poems: Ted Kooser]. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
referencedIn Leonard Nathan Papers, 1961-2007 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Kooser, Ted. Blizzard voices : typescript, 1986? / by Ted Kooser. Lincoln City Library, Lincoln City Libraries
referencedIn Antioch Review mss., 1940-2007 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Hayna, Lois Beebe. Lois Beebe Hayna papers [manuscript] Regis University
creatorOf Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1972-1995. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Ted Kooser Collection, 1959-2011 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
referencedIn Wilcox, Patricia, 1932-. Patricia Wilcox papers, 1974-2002. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Harrison, Jim, 1937-. Papers, 1938- [present]. Grand Valley State University
referencedIn Nixon, Sallie. Sallie Nixon papers relating to Ted Kooser, 1975-2005. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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associatedWith Antioch review. corporateBody
associatedWith Gioia, Dana person
associatedWith Harrison, Jim, 1937- person
associatedWith Hayna, Lois Beebe. person
associatedWith Kerrey, Robert, 1943- person
associatedWith Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997. person
associatedWith Nathan, Leonard, 1924-2007 person
associatedWith Nixon, Sallie. person
associatedWith Snyder, Randall. person
associatedWith Wilcox, Patricia, 1932- person
associatedWith Winger, Debra person
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Nebraska
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American poetry
American poetry
Poets, American
Blizzards
Nebraska
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Birth 1939-04-25

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English

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