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David Romtvedt

A graduate of Reed College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, David Romtvedt served in the Peace Corps in the Congo and Rwanda. In addition to holding a wide variety of jobs, he is a professor emeritus in the MFA program for writers at the University of Wyoming and was the state's poet laureate from 2003 to 2011. With the band The Fireants, he performs dance music of the Americas and with Ospa, traditional and new Basque music. His most recent books are the poetry collection “Dilemmas of the Angels” (Louisiana State University Press, 2017) and the novel “Zelestina Urza in Outer Space” (University of Nevada Center for Basque Studies, 2015). He is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, the Pushcart Prize and the Wyoming Governor’s Arts Award. His book “A Flower Whose Name I Do Not Know” was a National Poetry Series selection.

Admiraçaõ: New album from Wyoming native’s band is Latin gem

November 26, 2019 by David Romtvedt 3 Comments

Songs draw heavily from Brazilian traditions.

Daly’s poetry highlights beauty in a place of sorrow

August 23, 2019 by David Romtvedt 1 Comment

“Between Here and Home” imagines a tavern filled with forlorn and damaged characters. What they have to say is elegant and heartbreaking.

The Objects Themselves — Maybe: David Klarén’s “At Rest”

June 23, 2017 by David Romtvedt Leave a Comment

Everyday tools re-imagined larger and in a variety of unusual materials

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