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Ted Kooser is one of America's best-selling poets. A retired insurance executive and Presidential Professor Emeritus at The University of Nebraska, he served as United States Poet Laureate and won the Pulitzer prize for Delights and Shadows (Copper Canyon Press). As United States Poet Laureate, he launched and edited a weekly newspaper column, ""American Life in Poetry,"" which has an estimated circulation of over four and a half million readers around the world. Along with poetry, Kooser has published several popular children's books, a memoir, and numerous collections of nonfiction. He lives near the village of Garland, Nebraska, with his wife.
“Ted Kooser . . . has a genius for making the ordinary sacred.” —New York Times “Kooser's poetry is understated yet manages to skillfully illuminate the small moments of life.” —Christian Science Monitor “[Kooser] brushes poems over ordinary objects, revealing metaphysical themes the way an investigator dusts for fingerprints. His language is so controlled and convincing that one can't help but feel significant truths behind his lines.” —Philadelphia Inquirer “There is a sense of quiet amazement at the core of all Kooser's work.” —Edward Hirsch, Washington Post “Kooser is a master of the subjective description. Empathetic without sentimentality, his eye ranges over all sorts of everyday subjects and finds material everywhere wherever the unpredictable particularity of the world can be glimpsed.” —Georgia Review
