David Romtvedt Explained

David Romtvedt
Occupation:	Poet
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	Reed College Iowa Writers' Workshop
Spouse:	Margo Brown
Children:	1

David Romtvedt is an American poet.

Life

He graduated from Reed College,^[1] and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.He teaches at University of Wyoming.^[2] He lives in Buffalo, Wyoming,^[3] with his wife, the potter Margo Brown. His daughter, Caitlin Belem, plays Brazilian and Latin music with the band Maracuja.

His work has appeared in The Sun Magazine,^[4] The American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner,^[5] The Missouri Review,^[6] and the Basque cultural review Erle.

He is a founder and current board member of Worlds of Music.^[7] Romtvedt plays button accordion with the band The Fireants. They have recorded three CDs: Bury My Clothes, Ants on Ice and It's Hot. The band plays Latin and Cajun/Zydeco music as well as original music that David Romtvedt has written.

Awards

• 1991 National Poetry Series, for A Flower Whose Name I Do Not Know
• Pushcart Prize
• two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships
• Wyoming Arts Council literature fellowship
• Wyoming Governor's Arts Award.

Works

• Dilemmas of the Angels. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. 2017.
• Zelestina Urza in Outer Space. Reno, NV: Center for Basque Studies. University of Nevada. 2015. .
• Buffalotarrak. Reno, NV: Center for Basque Studies. University of Nevada. 2011. .
• Book: Some Church. 2005. Minneapolis, MN. Milkweed Editions. 1-57131-422-9. registration.
• Book: Windmill: Essays from Four Mile Ranch . 1997. Santa Fe, NM. Red Crane Books. 1-878610-62-7 .
• Book: Certainty: Poems . 1996. Fredonia, NY. White Pine Press. 1-877727-59-8 .
• Book: A Flower Whose Name I Do Not Know: Poems. 1992. Port Townsend, WA. Copper Canyon Press. 1-55659-046-6. registration.
• Book: Crossing Wyoming . 1992. Fredonia, New York. White Pine Press. 978-1-877727-23-8.
• Book: Yip, a Cowboy's Howl. 1991. Spartanburg, SC. Holocene Books .
• Book: Letters from Mexico. 1988. Missoula, MT. Kutenai Press. 0-937459-04-6. . Illustrated by Pat Weyer.
• Book: How Many Horses . registration . 1988. Memphis, TN. Ion Books. 0-938507-15-X.
• Moon: Poems (1984). St. Paul, MN: Bieler Press. . Illustrated by R W Scholes.
• Book: Free and Compulsory for All: Tales . 1984. Port Townsend, WA. Graywolf Press. 0-915308-50-9 .

Anthologies

• Book: Atomic ghost: poets respond to the nuclear age. registration. 181. David Romtvedt.. Eating Dinner at My Sister's. John Bradley. Coffee House Press. 1995. 978-1-56689-027-4 .
• Book: The gift of tongues: twenty-five years of poetry from Copper Canyon Press. registration. Sam Hamill. Copper Canyon Press. 1996. 978-1-55659-116-7 .

Editor

• Book: Deep West: A literary tour of Wyoming. 2003. Greybull, WY. Pronghorn Press. 0-9714725-7-2 . Michael Shay . David Romtvedt . Linn Rounds.
• Book: Wyoming Fence Lines. David Romtvedt. Wyoming Humanities Council. 2007. 978-0-9789829-1-1 .

External links

• "An E-view with David Romtvedt", Drunken boat
• "Windmill: Essays from Four Mile Ranch by David Romtvedt", Wind Works

Notes and References

1. Web site: Reed Magazine: Memo to Self . Reed.edu . 2012-10-31.
2. http://www.uwyo.edu/creativewriting/displayfaculty.asp?facultyid=3948
3. Web site: David Romtvedt | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers . Pw.org . 2008-06-09 . 2012-10-31.
4. Web site: Selections by David Romtvedt . The Sun Magazine . 2012-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927160927/http://www.thesunmagazine.org/author/1822 . 2011-09-27 . dead .
5. http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/prairie_schooner/v078/78.4romtvedt.html
6. Web site: TMR: David Romtvedt . Missourireview.com . 2012-10-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928004609/http://www.missourireview.com/content/dynamic/author_detail.php?author_id=1240 . 2011-09-28 .
7. Web site: The Wyoming Authors Wiki / David Romtvedt . Wiki.wyomingauthors.org . 2012-10-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071015003411/http://wiki.wyomingauthors.org/David%20Romtvedt . 2007-10-15 .