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He is the author of The Wine-Dark House (Blue Light Press, 2009) and Crazy Star (selected for the Loess Hills Book's Poetry Series in 2005). Larson won 1st Editor's Prize from Rhino Magazine in 2000 and has won prizes for his poetry from The National Poet Hunt and The Chester H. Jones Foundation among others. A seven-time Pushcart nominee, and graduate of the Vermont College MFA in Writing, Larson was an Iowa Poet at The Des Moines National Poetry Festival in 2002 \u0026amp; 2004, a featured writer in the DMACC Celebration of the Literary Arts in 2007 \u0026amp; 2008, and he was a featured poet at the Poetry at Round Top Festival in May 2012. ENDORSEMENTS Challenging a reader's perspective while remaining accessible, direct and vulnerable, Rustin Larson magically turns the routine into the extraordinary. His ability to craft memories, whether shaded, flickering or luminous, entices readers of Bum Cantos, Winter Jazz, \u0026amp; The Collected Discography of Morning to linger, examine and encounter the significance of seemingly routine lives. Larson elegantly uses detailed, sensual images, chiming rhythms, and well-chosen, well-placed words to evoke layers of thematic content. Rustin Larson's poems entertain and inform while examining the many facets of the lives we endeavor to accept, enjoy and use for good purpose. -Michael Carrino, author of By Available Light Larson writes like an angel, but one who's willing to work both sides of the street. -John Peterson, Wapsipinicon Almanac Like Odysseus, Larson has been trying to find his way home, or at least to redefine that home. Larson's vehicle for his journey is the process of writing itself, which he has dedicated himself to and which he knows can be both circuitous and serendipitous. But the writer who pursues his craft, like Odysseus who pursues the journey home, must have patience... the poet and his journey are one. -Stephen Schneider, Pirene's Fountain Each poem in Larson's book is packed with as much detail as a short story. The narrator often alludes to literary works, famous as well as infamous people, easily identifiable locations on the globe, and renowned historical events that either relate to the poems thematically, or place the memories in history for the reader. The poems do not adhere to any one form, but rather, they take form as their contents require. Larson's writing style is multifarious. -Stephen Page, Buenos Aires Herald From moment to moment, Larson is surrealistic, Proustian, stand-up-comedy funny, dead serious, sad, ecstatic, deadpan. In Larson's multitude of stories and modes, there's always some layer of the writer concerned with craft, with metawriting... Write on, Rustin, write on. -Vince Gotera, North American Review","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51196309176593,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51196310683921,"sku":"NIN9781421886732","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1421886731.jpg?v=1751403551"},{"product_id":"cottage-on-the-hill-book-rustin-larson-9788182539273","title":"The Cottage on the Hill","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe poems reveal very delicate perceptions. After reading these poems, the striking phrases reverberate within us. The style of the poems is simple, but is not monotonous. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBIO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have been published recently in London Grip, Poetryspace: spring 2022 showcase, and Lothlorien Poetry Journal. 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True to any philosopher (or poet) worth their salt, Larson makes us think and see the world differently-as when describing the cold Thewind put its lips to the house like Alaska or a child's fall from a tree I let go like a sawn branch from an elm tree.\/I fell and collected the ground with my body. These are poems rich with deft leaps and perfect landings, from a poet whose growing body of work is well worth serious examination. - Christopher Seid, author of Age of Exploration, Winner of the 2015 Blue Light Book Award","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52756428194065,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52756429570321,"sku":"NIN9781941783122","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"pavement-book-rustin-larson-9781421837789","title":"Pavement","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2016 Blue Light Poetry Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRustin Larson's poetry has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker, The Iowa Review, North American Review, Poetry East, Saranac Review, Poets \u0026amp; Artists\u003c\/em\u003e and other magazines. 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They always have that click close readers need to beckon them back for a second and third sampling of their writer's careful and rigorous craft. -Michael Carrino With consummate skill, inspired wit, and a rare compassion, the poems of The Wine-Dark House observe, reflect, and startle, reminding us of the necessary human endeavor to both honor and challenge the occasions of our daily lives. At once courageously personal and generously universal, the compelling poetry of Rustin Larson embodies . . . an accumulation of hungers \/ as old as fire. -Walter Butts Rustin Larson is a terrific, elegant, original poet whose voice rings so truly we become better people just by reading him. -Naomi Shihab Nye","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53491643482385,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53491643711761,"sku":"NIN9781421890777","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781421890777.jpg?v=1777760167"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-ie\/collections\/author-books-by-rustin-larson.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}